Greater Middle East

Syria: Nusra Front renegades in Druze massacre

Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front acknowledged that its followers were responsible for a massacre at a Druze village, which was quickly condemned by other rebel factions.

Palestine

Israel frees Palestinian parliament speaker

Israeli authorities released Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Duweik following a year in “administrative detention”—held without trial in contravention of international law.

Palestine

SCOTUS rules in Jerusalem passport case

The US Supreme Court ruled in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, a case with implications for the quesiton of whether Israel has legal sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem.

Palestine

Hamas battles ISIS in Gaza Strip

The self-proclaimed "Supporters of the Islamic State in Jerusalem" issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the Hamas administration to halt its crackdown on the group in the Gaza Strip.

Palestine

Israel bombs Gaza; Amnesty accuses Hamas

As Israel launches new air-strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to a cross-border rocket, an Amnesty International report accuses Hamas of killing and torturing dissidents.

Palestine

Israel: toward Zio-fascism

The growing consensus in Israel for a Jewish-supremacist state and genocidal solution to the Palestinian question is further consolidated in the new far-right coalition.