On Sunday March 17, the European Union announced an eight billion dollar aid package to Egypt. The deal was signed...
On Friday March 15, protesters filled the streets across Syrian towns and around the globe to commemorate the 13th anniversary...
The Lebanese Civil Defense has announced that one person was martyred and four were injured in a preliminary assessment of two Zionist enemy airstrikes on Sarein, in the Bekaa region earlier today, March 12. This is the third air raid Israel has waged on the Bekaa region, following the targeting...
Videos and images circulating on social media platforms show Palestinians gathering for Iftar amidst rubble in the Gaza strip for...
South Sudan is experiencing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis placing millions in precarious conditions. Inter-communal violence and fighting between the two...
Israeli soldiers committed a new massacre in the Gaza strip early Thursday morning, after they opened fire on civilians gathering around aid trucks in the southwest of Gaza city, killing more than 100 and wounding over 700 in the process according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Reports from within...
On Monday evening, Israeli warplanes targeted multiple warehouses in the southern Lebanese vicinity of Ghazieh, causing injuries to at least...
A woman and her two children were killed in the early afternoon of Wednesday, February 14, by an Israeli airstrike...
Since Sunday, Israeli forces have intensified their bombing on the Gaza Strip, now focusing on the Rafah area where about 1.4 to 1.7 million Palestinians sought refuge. The bombing campaigns are expected to precede a ground attack on the crossing, as various statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have...
On Tuesday, Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam was elected as the new president of International Court of Justice (ICJ), making him...
On Sunday, February 5, the mother of Al-Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh, Nadhira, died of illness at a hospital in Gaza...
The 2024 Budget: Increased Costs on the Poor, Exemptions for the Rich, and Disregard of the Conflict
The Lebanese Parliament approved the 2024 state budget after three days of consecutive discussions, thereby respecting the mandated timeline. While considered a milestone by the government, the budget imposed more indirect taxes affecting low-to-middle income earners and provided more exemptions for political affiliated corporations. The budget also notably disregarded the...