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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons headquarters is seen in The Hague in this file photo. — AFP
Showdown looms over Syria chemical weapons probe
THE HAGUE — Russia and the West are braced for a fresh showdown at the world's chemical weapons watchdog this week over a new team that will name culprits for attacks in Syria for the first time.The investigators' first report identifying perpetrators is expected early next year, and tensions are already rising at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).Moscow is threatening to block next year's budget for the OPCW at the annual meeting in The Hague if it includes funding for the new team, which could effectively shut down the watchdog.But the United States, Britain, France and other allies believe they have enough support for it to pass with a large majority.Despite fierce objections from Syria and its allies, OPCW member states agreed in 2018 to give...
November 25, 2019

Showdown looms over Syria chemical weapons probe

A member of the Lebanese security looks at supporters of the Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal destroying a motorbike amid clashes with anti-government protesters in the capital Beirut, on Monday. — AFP
Hezbollah thugs attack peaceful Lebanese protesters
BEIRUT — Supporters of the Hezbollah and Amal movements attacked Lebanese anti-government protesters in Beirut on Monday, with army reinforcements intervening to diffuse tensions.Shortly before midnight on Sunday, men on foot and scooters arrived at a roadblock set up by anti-graft protesters across a key street in the capital, local television showed.They shouted insults and chanted in support of the chiefs of the Shiite movements Hezbollah and Amal, before briefly breaking through and attacking some demonstrators.Those at the roadblock chanted "peaceful, peaceful", as the security forces and army reinforcements deployed in a thick line between both sides in the early hours of Monday morning.The counter-protesters also headed to a main nerve center of protests nearby and...
November 25, 2019

Hezbollah thugs attack peaceful Lebanese protesters

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on during a visit to an army base in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights overlooking Syrian territory on Sunday. — AFP
Iran planning attacks on Israel: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of planning attacks against the Jewish state and said everything possible would be done to prevent them.The premier, who was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday and is seen to be battling for his political life, made his remarks on a visit to an army base near the border with conflict-ravaged Syria."Iran's aggression in our region, and against us, continues," Netanyahu said.He was speaking on the day US General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was in the country to meet his Israeli counterpart Aviv Kohavi.The two generals discussed "operational questions and regional developments", an army statement said.Speaking on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Netanyahu...
November 25, 2019

Iran planning attacks on Israel: Netanyahu

Smoke billows from burning tires during a demonstration in the southern city of Basra on Sunday, as protesters cut-off roads and activists call for a general strike. -AFP
Two protesters killed in south Iraq as unrest intensifies
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - Two protesters were shot dead overnight in Iraq's south, where resurging anti-government sit-ins on Sunday turned up the heat on paralyzed politicians facing the country's largest grassroots movement in decades.Since October 1, Iraq's capital and majority-Shiite south have been swept by mass demonstrations over corruption, lack of jobs and poor services that have escalated into calls for an overhaul of the ruling system.Top leaders have publicly acknowledged the demands as legitimate and promised measures to appease protesters, including hiring drives, electoral reform and a cabinet reshuffle.But the rallies have continued, waning on some days but swelling when demonstrators felt politicians were stalling.On Sunday, protesters in the southern city of Nasiriyah...
November 24, 2019

Two protesters killed in south Iraq as unrest intensifies

A young Lebanese man rides a horse as protesters take a break during a 20km march in the Bisri Valley, southwest of the capital Beirut on November 22, 2019, to protest against the construction of a dam in the area. -AFP
Lebanon anti-graft protesters march for nature too
BISRI VALLEY, LEBANON - Surrounded by sweeping pines, lemon trees and bean stalks, hundreds of Lebanese protesters march along, chanting against a planned dam that would drown the valley under their feet.Unprecedented protests about corruption in Lebanon since October 17 have given new life to activism against the controversial structure planned for a lush valley south of Beirut.Since the start of the year, the future construction site in the Bisri Valley has been cordoned off and several trees uprooted to make way for work to begin.But emboldened by the anti-graft protests, nature lovers have since November 9 ignored the gates and barged through them, hoping to save what remains of their country's ravaged ecosystem.Environmental activists in Lebanon say they have their work cut out...
November 24, 2019

Lebanon anti-graft protesters march for nature too

This handout photograph released by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Saturday shows US Vice President Mike Pence (C-L) meeting with Iraqi Kurdish Region President Nechirvan Barzani (C-R) in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. -AFP
American VP avoids Baghdad leaders on surprise Iraq visit
BAGHDAD - US Vice President Mike Pence met Iraqi Kurdish leaders during a surprise visit to Iraq Saturday but avoided traveling to Baghdad for security reasons, as deadly anti-government protests have highlighted Washington's diminished influence.In his first visit as vice president, Pence visited American troops at Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq's Anbar province and also traveled to Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region, for talks with officials there.But Pence "couldn't go to Baghdad for security reasons", a US official accompanying him on the trip told reporters.The trip came after weeks of anti-government rallies across Baghdad and the south.Iraqi officials told AFP that Pence spoke to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi by telephone."There won't...
November 24, 2019

American VP avoids Baghdad leaders on surprise Iraq visit

Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wave flags and placards as they rally to express their solidarity, outside his Jerusalem office on Saturday. -AFP
Netanyahu rival seeks support from PM's party to form government
TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's centrist rival Benny Gantz Saturday urged leaders of the premier's Likud party to join him in forming a government after their chief's indictment on corruption charges."In light of the circumstances, I call for the formation of the largest possible government under my leadership," Gantz told a news conference, addressing members of the right-wing Likud."I would be the prime minister for the first two years," he said.And if Netanyahu "is cleared (of any wrongdoing) he could return and become prime minister", Gantz added.Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday he had charged Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, prompting speculation that the end of the premier's...
November 24, 2019

Netanyahu rival seeks support from PM's party to form government

Palestinian labourers wait to cross illegally into Israeli areas through a hole in Israel's illegal barrier wall on November 20, 2019, in the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva. -AFP
Through the wire -- Palestinians risk all to work in Israel
MITAR CHECKPOINT, ISRAEL - It is well before dawn when the first work deprived Palestinians arrive to sneak through a two-meter hole cut in the metal fence that is supposed to keep them out of Israel.The men are among the thousands of Palestinians working in Israel illegally, risking bad working conditions, exploitation and jail for a chance of employment.On the morning AFP visited, Yunis, from Dahariya in the southern West Bank, was one of hundreds running the gauntlet as police patrolled the area.They play a cat and mouse game with Israeli security -- sometimes making several attempts before crossing without being spotted."I got here at 3:00 am and found police patrols ahead of us," said the bearded and wrinkled 55-year-old."I know I am leaving my house and I may not come...
November 23, 2019

Through the wire -- Palestinians risk all to work in Israel

This picture taken on Saturday shows the aftermath of a car bomb explosion at the industrial zone in the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey. -AFP
Car bomb kills 9 in northern Syria town: Monitor
BEIRUT — A car bomb killed nine people including four civilians in a Turkish-held border town in northern Syria on Saturday, a Britain-based war monitor said.Two children were among those killed in Tal Abyad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing.The area has been shaken by repeated such bombings since Turkish troops and their Syrian proxies seized a strip of border land including Tal Abyad from Kurdish forces in a cross-border operation last month.The Turkish invasion against Kurdish-controlled areas saw Ankara's fighters seize a strip of land roughly 120 kilometers long and 30 kilometers deep on the Syrian side of the border.The operation launched on Oct. 9 displaced tens of thousands and left...
November 23, 2019

Car bomb kills 9 in northern Syria town: Monitor

Jumaa Al-Mustayf welds metal pipes at a camp for the displaced near the town of Hazzanu, about 20 kilometers northwest of the city of Idlib, on September 30, 2019. -AFP
Syria's 'camps metalsmith' welds shelter for displaced
HAZANO, SYRIA — Crouched between olive trees in northwest Syria, Jumaa Al-Mustayf cuts long metal tubes with an electric saw to make tent frames for families displaced by war.With winter approaching in Idlib province, the man nicknamed "metalsmith of the camps" says his welding skills are in especially high demand."So far the orders keep on coming," says the skinny 34-year-old, his skin sunburnt from days working out in the open.Idlib has come under repeated bombardment by the Damascus regime and its Russian ally this year, causing hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee north towards the border with Turkey.More than three million people live in the jihadist-held region, and around half of them are already displaced from other parts of the country by...
November 23, 2019

Syria's 'camps metalsmith' welds shelter for displaced

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