EXPLAINER Syria’s Baath party dissolved: What happens next? Why has Syria’s interim leadership dissolved all military factions and the constitution? Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa gives a speech in Damascus on January 29, 2025 [SANA via AFP] By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 30 Jan 202530 Jan 2025 Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more….
Sorrow, elation as Palestinians witness the release of Israeli captives As two Israelis are freed in Gaza’s Khan Younis, Palestinians – many in celebration – gathered to watch the handover. Islamic Jihad fighters and police forces guard the scene where two Israeli captives were handed over on January 30 in Gaza’s Khan Younis [Mohamed Solaimane/Al…
Canada’s temporary foreign worker scheme ‘inherently exploitative’: Amnesty Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Migrant workers wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic as they trim red cabbage at a facility in Canada in 2020 [File: Shannon VanRaes/Reuters] By Jillian Kestler-D’AmoursPublished On 30 Jan 202530…
Video shows Israelis spray painting over an UNRWA sign as Israel’s ban on the agency came into effect on Thursday.
Salwan Momika, Iraqi man who burned Quran in Sweden, killed in shooting Five people arrested over murder as the Swedish prime minister said the shooting could be linked to a foreign power. Salwan Momika, an anti-Islam activist, looks on, in Malmo, Sweden, September 3, 2023 [Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via Reuters] Published On 30 Jan…
EXPLAINER Is the US sending $50m in condoms to Gaza as Trump claims? The US president has listed the stopping of condoms to Gaza as an accomplishment. But is he thinking of the wrong Gaza? US President Donald Trump says he wants to slash wasteful government spending and has used his claim of $50m going…
EXPLAINER Does Donald Trump plan to force Gaza’s population to neighbouring states? What has been the response to such a plan and is it even legal? Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with US President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, September 15, 2020 [Tom Brenner/Reuters] By Simon Speakman…
The ceasefire has brought relief to Gaza but it cannot bring back the thousands of limbs lost by Palestinian children.
Featured Documentaries The Palestine Laboratory – EP 1 Uncovering how Israel profits from surveillance technologies using occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground. Israel punches way above its weight when it comes to arms sales. The 97th country by population, it is the ninth largest arms dealer in the world with a $13bn military-industrial complex….
EXPLAINER Deadly US plane crash with dozens on board: What we know so far Rescue efforts are under way after an army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people, including staff. Boats work the scene in the Potomac River near Reagan Washington national airport, in Arlington, Virginia [Alex Brandon/AP Photo] By Al Jazeera…