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tdford333

Aid for Yemen Dwindles as Need Rises Amid Chaos - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...outhis-continue-offensive.html

yemen medical

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  • Aid for Yemen Dwindles
  • Residents said that water had been cut off for days and that electricity was out for hours at a time.
  • raising fears of a lengthy war that is expanding the destabilizing regional conflict between the Persian Gulf monarchies and Iran.
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  • aid agencies intensified their warnings on Tuesday about the toll on civilians and hospitals, which are running critically low on medical supplies.
  • The Houthis, acknowledging their alliance with Iran but denying acting on its orders, have been able to extend their offensive despite intensifying airstrikes by Saudi warplanes across Yemen.
  • physicians had treated more than 500 people in the last two weeks in Aden, including burn victims from explosions at an ammunition depot and passengers on a bus that had apparently come under shelling.
  • unable to reinforce its surgical teams or bring in supplies
  • not been able to negotiate the safe arrival of the aircraft.
  • tdford333 on 03 Apr 15
     
    Battle in Yemen has left many displaced and in need of goods and healthcare. The blockade has made it difficult for humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to Yemen.
ijones3

Alaa Awad - 0 views

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Alaa Awad

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  • ijones3 on 11 Apr 15
     
    Alaa Awad is a prominent Egyptian street artist who has focused and specialized on women and the Port Said massacre. He was one of the collaborating artists on the famous mural on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, which depicts beautiful, unclothed, ancient women climbing a ladder that represents the revolution.
kdancer

Dozens of ISIS fighters killed - 0 views

www.haaretz.com/...1.651314

ISIS syria USA

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  • kdancer on 13 Apr 15
     
    At least two dozen Islamic State fighters have been killed in northeastern Syria in a battle with Kurdish forces supported by U.S.-led air strikes, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said on Saturday.
cramos8

ISIS Beheads Blasphemer - 1 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...SIS-latest-atrocity-Syria.html

ISIS war revolution

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  • cramos8 on 13 Apr 15
     
    ISIS beheads a man who is said to be a "Blasphemer".
sgriffi2

Social Issues for Women in Egypt - 0 views

The Egyptian Center of Women's Rights has welcomed a court decision allowing a mother's right to issue birth certificates for her children, the organization announced on March 23. The organizatio...

#women #womensrights #egypt #feminism

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wmulnea

Provisional Government in Libyan Capital Forces Out Its Own Prime Minister - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ut-its-own-prime-minister.html

shared by wmulnea on 11 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • His departure removed a potential obstacle to unity talks organized by the United Nations to try to end the fighting that has divided the country.
  • His deputy, Khalifa Ghweil, will take over as interim prime minister
  • The other faction, based in the eastern cities of Tobruk and Bayda, includes the internationally recognized Parliament
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  • Mr. Hassi also dismissed recent footage released by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, showing the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians
  • He said it was “a fabricated Hollywood-like video” concocted by his opponents “to create divisions between us and the Egyptian people,”
  • wmulnea on 11 Apr 15
     
    The Tripoli based anti-Islamist militia government has fired its Prime Minister for incompetence.
kdancer

Up to 1,700 Russians fighting for ISIS - 0 views

www.newsweek.com/-russian-secret-service-308206

ISIS Russia

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  • kdancer on 13 Apr 15
     
    As many as 1,700 Russian citizens could be fighting for jihadist groups in Iraq, Russia's head of federal security (FSB) has said during a U.S.-chaired summit against violent extremism in Washington DC, Russian news service RIA Novosti reported today.
jordanbrown16

Why Saudi Arabia and Israel oppose Iran nuclear deal - 0 views

www.aljazeera.com/...lear-deal-150401061906177.html

Saudi Arabia Israel Iran nuclear deal agreement

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  • jordanbrown16 on 19 Apr 15
     
    As further limits on Iran's nuclear program are being imposed, the United States and five other world powers are coming to a head on a final agreement with Iran. With that said, Saudi Arabia and Israel are not in accordance with the newly formulated agreement, proclaiming it could impact regional politics.
fcastro2

Turkey shuts border crossings as fighting worsens around Syria's Aleppo | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...ndonesia-idUSKBN0M71VT20150311

turkey border fighting syria ISIS war

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  • Turkey has closed two border crossings with Syria as a security precaution as fighting around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo intensifies
  • crossings at Oncupinar and Cilvegozu in Turkey's southern Hatay province have been shut to vehicles and individuals crossing from Syria since Monday,
  • "Turkey has some security concerns and it is natural for measures to be taken based on the threat assessment conducted
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  • Humanitarian aid will not be affected, the government official said. Syrians with passports are still allowed to cross into Syria
  • Turkey has kept its borders open to refugees since the start of Syria's civil war four years ago, but it has come under criticism for doing too little to keep foreign fighters crossing and joining militant groups including Islamic State
  • divided between government forces and insurgent groups fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad in a conflict estimated to have killed 200,000 people
  • The closure of the Turkish border posts also comes after an air strike on Sunday
  • fcastro2 on 25 Mar 15
     
    After fighting increased in Syria, Turkey decided to close dow two border crossings that lead to Syria as a precaution. Until this point, Turkey has kept its borders open to Syrian refugees and even so it still has been criticized for doing too little to stop foreign fighters from entering Syria. 
natphan

Egypt minister calls for killing 400,000 Brotherhood members and supporters - 0 views

www.middleeasteye.net/...bers-and-supporters-1842112087

Muslim Brotherhood Egypt

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  • natphan on 28 Jan 16
     
    Egypt justice minister says killings of police and army forces must be avenged with killings of 400,000 Muslim Brotherhood members (MB). The minister also said that he will resign from his post if the death penalties of jailed Brotherhood leaders are not carried out.
ccfuentez

Polisario accused of trafficking children to Europe | Sahara Question - 0 views

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human-trafficking Algeria Tindouf Sahrawi

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  • The trafficking ring is said to involve Sahrawi children being shipped to European families for adoption.
  • the international network had a ready list of European families who wanted to buy children for adoption, and approached the Polisario/Algerian team with the offer.
  • ccfuentez on 03 Feb 16
     
    A trafficking ring has been taking Sahrawi children to Europe. The children are taken under the impression that they are going on a "vacation," but in reality they are taken to families in Europe who want to buy them to adopt.
sambofoster

Women's Rights Activist Executed by ISIS in Iraq - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-by-islamic-state-in-iraq.html

execution activism women

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  • sambofoster on 04 Feb 16
     
    An Iraqi lawyer known for her work promoting women's rights has been killed by Islamic State fighters, the head of the United Nations human rights office said on Thursday, continuing a pattern of attacks on professional women.
mcooka

Egypt fills its prisons, but don't worry, it'll make more - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of th... - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...s-prison-free-speech-sisi.html

egypt Politics war Revolution

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  • gypt's worsening human rights abuses are not going unnoticed.
  • People are being assaulted on many fronts, from travel restrictions and false imprisonment to limits on freedom of expression, torture and killings.
  • pproved 16 new prisons in only 2½ years in response to the detention of thousands of young people. Some facilities are still under construction. The number of prisons in Egypt has risen from 42 to 52 since 2011,
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  • 10,000 detainees are under investigation or awaiting trial in detention centers and prisons, and Eid wrote in a Jan. 13 Twitter post that Egypt now houses around 60,000 political prisoners.
  • The statement condemned the arrest of journalists and a number of activists affiliated with certain social movements, primarily the April 6 Youth Movement. T
  • he movement has said it considers the regime’s attempts to crush it as "failures," further characterizing this era of Egypt’s judiciary as bleak.
  • Egyptian authorities are not content with merely preventing some citizens active in society from leaving the country. They also are barring the return of others who they allege pose a security risk
  • he was questioned for about 16 hours and her personal laptop and cellphone were searched. She was subsequently denied entry and deported back to Tunisia, an incident that rights organizations consider blatant police interference in academic liberties.
  • In October, Alexandria University canceled, for “security reasons,” a lecture by Essam Heggy, a NASA scientist and former adviser to Mansour. Heggy is known for his critical views about the Egyptian government.
  • mcooka on 04 Feb 16
     
    This is an article which criticizes all of the Prison growth in Egypt. It has risen from 40 into the 60's in the last two years. There have been huge human rights violations involving the police.
mpatel5

Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood condemns Sinai attacks - 5 views

www.reuters.com/...therhood-idUSKBN0IF08920141026

Muslim Brotherhood Sisi Egypt Sinai

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  • The Muslim Brotherhood says it is a peaceful movement and has consistently denied links to Islamist militant attacks against security forces, which have increased since the movement was removed from power.
  • "The Muslim Brotherhood believes the shedding of blood of any Egyptian is forbidden. The group holds the junta and its leaders responsible for the continued failure in the security, economic and social fields, as experienced by all the people, especially the people of the Sinai," the statement said.
  • kristaf on 27 Oct 14
     
    The Muslim Brotherhood responds to the Sinai attack. The Brotherhood states that the attacks are linked to the islamist militants. The Muslim Brotherhood "says it is a peaceful movement...believes that shedding blood of any Egyptian is forbidden." 
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  • kristaf on 02 Nov 14
     
    The Muslim Brotherhood responds to the Sinai attack. The Brotherhood states that the attacks are linked to the islamist militants. The Muslim Brotherhood "says it is a peaceful movement...believes that shedding blood of any Egyptian is forbidden." 
  • kristaf on 02 Nov 14
     
    The Muslim Brotherhood responds to the Sinai attack. The Brotherhood states that the attacks are linked to the islamist militants. The Muslim Brotherhood "says it is a peaceful movement...believes that shedding blood of any Egyptian is forbidden."
  • zackellogg on 11 Nov 14
     
    On October 25th, 33 security personnel were killed in Sinai by Islamist militants. According to this article, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi was responsible for the security failures that resulted in the deaths. Sisi was quick to blame the Muslim Brotherhood for the attack, despite the Brotherhoods insistent denial.
sambofoster

Egyptian Constitution Provides Little Protection | Violence is not our Culture - 0 views

www.violenceisnotourculture.org/...ion-provides-little-protection

women sexual harrassment constitution

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  • sambofoster on 24 Feb 16
     
    Egypt's new constitution leaves Doaa Abdelaal feeling left out. "I don't see myself as an Egyptian citizen in this constitution. I don't see my future in this constitution," she said. Abdelaal voted against the proposed constitution and now says it must not be left in its current version.
mcooka

Education Has Never Been Deadlier for Syria's Children - Save the Children - 0 views

www.savethechildren.org/...content2.aspx

education system Syria egypt war

shared by mcooka on 24 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Education is now one of the deadliest pursuits for children and teachers inside Syria, as the country's schools are increasingly being damaged and destroyed in the conflict.
  • chools are being increasingly forced to close because of the conflict
  • Syria has now descended to the second worst rate of school attendance in the world with 2.8 million children out of schoo
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  • t is absolutely shameful that the obligation to protect schools is not being respected in this conflict
  • Syrian refugee children in neighbouring countries are facing disturbing rates of abuse, bullying, corporal punishment and marginalization
  • p to half of children surveyed by the agency in Syria reported they were 'rarely' or 'never' able to concentrate in class
  • Syrian children are dropping out of school by the day, and the international community has to step up its response to ensure that we do not lose an entire generation of children."
  • Four years into the Syria crisis, overall enrolment in Syrian schools has halved from near 100% pre-crisis levels, while enrolment in the hardest hit areas such as Aleppo has plummeted to just 6%
  • And those children who have managed to escape the conflict in Syria are also missing out on education with devastating consequences. One in 10 Syrian refugee children across the region are estimated to be working, and the figure is likely to be much higher. In Jordan, 47% of refugee families reported relying partly or entirely on their children's income in a recent assessment.
  • We have heard from children being cursed and ridiculed by teachers in host countries, being told that they have ruined their country or to go back to Syria," Hearn said. "Others face corporal punishment at school. In Egypt alone, 30% of children we interviewed told us they were being hit by teachers and 70% are being verbally abused
  • Refugee children are also faced with learning an unfamiliar curriculum or even a teacher speaking a language they cannot understand.
  • mcooka on 24 Feb 16
     
    This article is focused on the failing education in Syria. Syrian children have stopped attending school out of fear for their lives. An almost perfect 100% attendance rate plummeted to 6%. Syrian refugee children are forced to use different school curriculum's which can be difficult and confusing.  
csherro2

Obama Promises U.S. Aid to Jordan for Syria, Iraq Refugees - 0 views

www.bloomberg.com/...jordan-for-syria-iraq-refugees

egypt ISIS politics israel revolution iraq Syria

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  • csherro2 on 24 Feb 16
     
    President Barack Obama said the U.S. would sustain financial aid to Jordan to help the country cope with a flood of refugees, after a meeting with King Abdullah Wednesday at the White House. The two leaders discussed U.S.
mkulach

UAE told UK: crack down on Muslim Brotherhood or lose arms deals - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...brotherhood-or-lose-arms-deals

Egypt UAE UK Muslim Brotherhood

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  • mkulach on 19 Feb 16
     
    UAE has told the UK to do something about the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist Party in Egypt. If David Cameron from UK does not do anything about the Brotherhood, the UAE has said it would block a billion-pound arms deal, stop inward investment and cut in tell cooperation with the UK.
ccfuentez

Report: 600,000 forced labor victims in Middle East - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...mideast-migrant-workers

forced labor poorly educated physical violence sexual violence Kuwait

shared by ccfuentez on 10 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Millions of migrant workers flood to the Middle East from some of the world's poorest countries in search of paid work they won't find at home.
  • But for some, the journey doesn't end as they hope. Instead, they become victims of human trafficking, forced labor and sexual exploitation.
  • "They were lured into jobs that either didn't exist or that were offered under conditions that were very different from what they were promised in the first place," she said.
  • ccfuentez on 10 Feb 16
     
    People who are usually poorly educated and have limited financial resources in the Middle East typically find themselves falling victims to forced labor and human trafficking. The people are taken to private homes and confined, beaten, and raped by their employers.
ccfuentez

Middle East the human trafficking capital of the world | Al Bawaba - 0 views

www.albawaba.com/...t-human-trafficking-ilo-483607

Jordan International Labour Organization forced labor ILO

shared by ccfuentez on 10 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • The report indicated that some 600,000 migrant workers are subject to forced labour and exploitation.
  • In Jordan and Lebanon migrant workers make up a significant part of the workforce, particularly in the construction and domestic work sectors, the study said.
  • ccfuentez on 10 Feb 16
     
    A report prepared by the ILO showed the highest rates of human trafficking were registered in the Middle East. Many times the employees are routinely deceived regarding their living and working conditions. A lack of an inspection mechanism makes workers more vulnerable to mistreatment.
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