Djibouti is hosting thousands of refugees from Yemen and Ethiopia. The migrants cross paths in the East African nation, but are headed for safe refuge and opportunities in other countries. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports from the port town of Obock in Djibouti. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us…
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati has condemned the attack on Saleh al-Arouri. The government for the past three months has been trying its best to avoid confrontation with Israel. The situation in the south is alarming and it’s been in talks with Hezbollah not to take it a step further. Foreign mediators have been coming…
In the aftermath of Saleh al-Arouri’s assassination, Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Arura, the Palestinian activist’s hometown, offering a glimpse into the family’s longstanding expectation of the tragedy. al-Arouri, who had endured years in Israeli prisons before deportation, was remembered by his mother and sisters, who shared insights into his challenging life. The family,…
“No child in the world should be killed, let alone one sheltering under the emblem of a humanitarian organisation.” This UN official in Gaza has condemned an Israeli attack on Khan Younis which killed five people, including a newborn baby, at a Red Crescent hospital. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…
The Israeli military has hit the southern city of Khan Younis with relentless artillery shelling and air strikes of residential areas on the eastern side. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters was targeted for the third time in less than a week. Several people were killed and wounded. A main supporter of Gaza’s healthcare system,…
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports that Palestinians express no doubt about the identity of al-Arouri’s killer, firmly believing it to be an assassination. Regarding the prevailing mood in the streets, the public perception is that Israel orchestrated al-Arouri’s assassination to showcase a victory, especially at a time when achieving success in the besieged Gaza Strip…
Mark Regev is a senior adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister. He’s told US news network MSNBC that Israel has a history of targeting what he called ‘terrorists’ on foreign soil. Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan has the latest in occupied East Jerusalem. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on…
Senior Hamas political official Ismail Haniyeh called the killing a “craven assassination”, a “brutal aggression” and a “blatant crime that demonstrates, once again, the brutality that is carried out by the occupation against our people”. “It is also a violation of Lebanese sovereignty – one that represents an expansion of the scope of the Israeli…
Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says that Israel has carried out successful targeted assassinations against Palestinian leaders for decades, but has failed to wipe out armed groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. “It’s been 50 years, assassination programmes run by military intelligence and Mossad, throughout the world,” said Bishara, pointing to successful attacks…
In the US, the Mississippi river is drying up for the second year in a row, due to severe drought. It’s dropped to historically low levels, disrupting shipping, and causing saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to threaten the state drinking water supply. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from New Orleans in Louisiana. Subscribe to…