Eyewitnesses say the suspected militants were travelling in a car when the strike occurred at dawn on Monday in the Shabwa province, in an area called Markha
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Women's rights in Saudi Arabia: Driving change | The Economist - 0 views
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Women in Saudi Arabia have many laws and guidelines by which they are forced to abide by. This video interviews a woman named Sarah Birke who gives insight into what she has witnesses as a correspondent in the middle east. Burke discusses laws that women are forced to follow as well as the changes that are slowing beginning to take hold, specifically in regards to Saudi women driving.
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Women in Saudi Arabia have many laws and guidelines by which they are forced to abide by. This video interviews a woman named Sarah Birke who gives insight into what she has witnesses as a correspondent in the middle east. Burke discusses laws that women are forced to follow as well as the changes that are slowing beginning to take hold, specifically in regards to Saudi women driving.
Man shot dead by police in Tunisia protest: witnesses - 0 views
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A man was shot dead on Sunday during a protest over the economy in Tunisia. Protests have been over taxes imposed on local traders, with residents demanding more opportunities and jobs. Witnesses said police fired bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds.
Witness the stunning devastation inside Aleppo's destroyed souks - The Washington Post - 0 views
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This is an article with pictures of Aleppo, my hometown. I know most of these places, and the pictures are surreal. I cannot believe the level of destruction that has affected the city.
Bahia Shehab: A thousand times no - YouTube - 0 views
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Egyptian art historian and graffiti artist, Bahia Shehab, discusses how she was first commissioned for an art piece in 2010 called "A Thousand Times No" that consisted of the way the word "no" had been represented in history over different continents in different art works. This later translated into her graffitiing the word all over Egypt as a way to speak out again the dictators and the violence that she witnessed.
Report reaffirms Syria chemical weapons use - Al Jazeera English - 0 views
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The use of chemical weaponry has been reaffirmed in Syria, even though an effort was launched in 2013 following the Damascus attack to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. There have been numerous eye-witness reports of helicopter sounds, bomb spotting, and the smelling of chlorine gas. The hope is to destroy all chemical weapon production facilities by June of 2015.
ArchaeoVenturers - media - 0 views
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This is a wonderful article about social justice through the eyes of an American. This article starts of with a quote from a UC Berkley student who is reflecting on the Free Speech movement and Civil Rights movements of the 1960s. The article ties the ideas behind these movements into the Arab Uprisings through means of Human Rights. Through witnessing atrocities overseas, many Americans become compelled to take action to be able to try and provide the freedoms they enjoy everyday, to the people the have witnessed being stripped of any rights.
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Weaker oil prices take a toll in US as companies witness share prices, profits, jobs de... - 0 views
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The lack of cooperation by Saudi to lower oil production output is hurting other countires.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Dies; Witnessed A New Era - 0 views
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has died. The health of Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud had previously been the subject of rumors; word emerged earlier this month that he was indeed ill with a lung infection. Abdullah was 90 years old. He ruled Saudi Arabia for nearly 10 years, having assumed the throne after his brother King Fahd died in 2005.
US drone kills two militants in Yemen, witnesses say | World news | The Guardian - 0 views
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is considered the most lethal branch of the global network,
Main Syria-Jordan Crossing Under Insurgent Assault - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The main border crossing between Syria and Jordan remained closed and chaotic on Friday, with insurgents
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wrangling for control two days after they seized and looted the crucial gateway.
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he power struggle at the Nasib crossing, coupled with Syrian government airstrikes that hit nearby on Thursday, is the latest cross-border spillover from Syria’s four-year war, and it has led to new tensions between Jordan and Syria.
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A Syrian and Jordan border crossing has now been closed due to tensions between the "freedom fighters" and other similar groups.
Syrian aircraft bomb area near captured Jordan crossing | Reuters - 0 views
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Syrian military aircraft bombed areas close to its main crossing into Jordan on Thursday, witnesses and a group monitoring the conflict said, hours after insurgents had captured the border post
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Insurgents fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad said they had seized the Nasib crossing in southern Syria late on Wednesday, putting most of 370-km (230-mile) border area stretching up to Israel in the hands of the rebels
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weaken the regime's hold in the south and to increase the areas under our control
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Tensions are rising even higher as the Syrian government take actions to regain the crossing to Jordan. This crossing was lost to the rebels not long ago and has closed an important crossing.
Egypt should reject amendments - 0 views
http://jurist.org/paperchase/2015/03/hrw-egypt-should-reject-amendments-threatening-fair-trials.phpThis article from the jurist talks about the proposed amendments which would infringe upon the rig...
ISIS Says It's Behind Car Bombing in Damascus - 2 views
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A car bomb tore up a vegetable market and a police officers' club in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday, according to a witness and to regional news reports, striking an area that had been quiet for about two years under a local agreement between the Syrian government and insurgents. Isis has gone on to claim that they were behind the bombins that took place
Yemen's Hidden War - 0 views
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This article chronicles a reporter's trip to Yemen and summarizes the beginning of the war. They witnesses how the civil war has affected its people.
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