by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2017 | World
Pakistan reopened a major border crossing with Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, more than three weeks after several people were killed when troops from both sides exchanged fire for hours. The Chaman crossing into Afghanistan’s Kandahar province was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | World
West Africa’s Lake Chad region is probably the most neglected humanitarian crisis in the world, where poverty and desertification have severely increased by violence caused by Boko Haram, the U.N. aid chief said on Tuesday at the World Humanitarian Summit. The...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 1, 2016 | Middle East
Moscow- Russia, yesterday, stepped up its defense bolstering the Syrian regime by excusing the butchering committed by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s administration in Aleppo. As the largest city in Syria bleeds out, Russia’s deputy minister of foreign...
by James Denselow | Aug 30, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine
The latest chemical attack, which allegedly killed hundreds in Damascus, will worsen the humanitarian disaster in Syria. Last week, the UN registered the one millionth Syrian child refugee. Earlier in the month, the UN also confirmed what many already suspected—that...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 30, 2013 | World
Jerusalem, Reuters—Israel plans to soon begin deporting migrants from Eritrea and Sudan, who number more than 50,000, back to the African continent via Uganda, officials said. Israel regards most of these Africans as illegal visitors crowding impoverished areas in...
