Andre Fletcher

  People from all walks of life protested on Saturday in several towns around Iran , refusing to back down in the face of a fresh round of executions. This featured, among others, demonstrations and protests by farmers in Iran's Markazi (Central) Province, university students at Khajeh Nasir Toosi in Tehran, and employees of a natural gas facility in Isfahan Province. As Iran's nationwide uprising enters its 234th day, people across the country continue to hold the mullahs' Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei specifically accountable for their suffering. They also denounce the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), paramilitary Basij units, and other security forces that are on the ground repressing the peaceful protesters. At least 282 additional cities have joined the protests in Iran as of today. According to individuals's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MEK) reports, the regime's troops have killed over 750 individuals and detained over 30,000 others....

  On May 14th, there will be elections in Turkey , and more than five million new voters are anticipated. In a close race between incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main secular opposition party, the CHP, or Republican People's Party, their participation in the elections and the size of their turnout are expected to play a significant role in potentially affecting the outcome of the vote. A lower percentage than the overall population, which is above 80%, is reported by Ozer Sencar, the director of MetroPoll, a Turkish polling company, that 78 percent of voters in the 18–24 age bracket have declared their intention to vote.  According to the findings of our April poll, half of young people favour Kilicdaroglu, Sencar told Middle East Eye. "Kilicdaroglu is by far the candidate that voters in the 18–24 age range prefer. In this age bracket, Erdogan may expect to receive about 30% of the vote.  Sencar stated that with just a few da...

  According to human rights groups, 70 buildings that have been owned, occupied, and utilised by Palestinians in Hebron for decades are likely to be seized and given to Israeli settlers living there. Arab News was informed by Palestinian human rights sources that the reported Israeli government plan, which would ostensibly be carried out under the control of the Israeli army, worries them. In anticipation of its takeover, Israeli soldiers have already given the municipality of Hebron in the southern West Bank notice to vacate the historic municipal building in the Ain Askar neighbourhood next to the entrance to Hebron historic City. The 205 square metres of the two-story structure are covered. The municipality has 45 days to appeal, according to the army. Mayor of Hebron Tayseer Abu Sneineh stated, "This is a blatant assault by the Israeli occupation on the municipality's property," pointing out that the municipality fully owns the building and has the legal paperwork to ...

  The General Security Directorate of Lebanon has started registering Syrian refugees who want to go back to their country once more. After stopping operations on October 6 of last year owing to logistical considerations, the directorate restarted the operation of a registration centre in Arsal, a town in the northern Bekaa Region, according to Xinhua news agency. On Wednesday, about 50 Syrian families who want to return to their hometowns in the Western Qalamoun Mountains and Al Qusayr registered their names. The service would still be offered at the centre three days a week, according to the Directorate. In light of its severe financial problems and inability to accommodate a large number of displaced persons on its territory, Lebanese authorities have frequently requested assistance from the international community in assisting the country in sending Syrian refugees back to their country of origin. The UN Refugee Agency reports that Lebanon is presently experiencing its greatest...

  The foreign minister of Jordan has spoken with colleagues from Europe on the status and upcoming actions of an Arab-led movement to gradually bring about a political settlement in Syria. The proposal will assist handle Syria's humanitarian, political, and security issues, said Ayman Safadi, who is also the deputy prime minister of Jordan. He emphasised the significance of the agreement agreed at a recent joint Arab summit in Amman. On Thursday, Safadi spoke on the phone with Nikos Dendias of Greece, Ian Borg of Malta, Pekka Haavisto of Finland, and Annalena Baerbock of Germany. According to Jordans News Agency, they discussed how to resolve the problem and what is required to deal with important issues in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2254 in a "step-by-step" fashion. The supply of humanitarian help to Syrians, the voluntary repatriation of refugees, the battle against terrorism, and combating drug smuggling as a first step towards resolving more extensive...

  On Thursday, the UN hopes to gather the last $29 million required to begin extracting 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decrepit ship anchored off the coast of war-torn Yemen and prevent an environmental catastrophe. The Safer tanker might spill four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez catastrophe off Alaska in 1989, according to UN authorities, putting the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline at risk. A huge ship, whose price has increased because of the conflict in Ukraine, is part of a $129 million UN plan to discharge the oil. Governments, individual donations, and crowdsourcing have contributed almost $99 million. The UN said it expects to raise the last $29 million during a pledge event on Thursday that is being co-hosted by the UK and the Netherlands. The UN purchased a tanker, the Nautica, in March, and it departed from China in early April. Because it is unclear who owns the oil, the operation cannot be funded by the sale of the oil, according to the UN. In 2015, War stopped ...

  In anticipation of leaving the war-torn nation of east Africa, hundreds of foreigners and citizens of Sudan gathered at the port on Wednesday as the UN's humanitarian chief arrived. The UN's emergency aid coordinator and under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, stated in a tweet that he had come to reaffirm the organization's commitment to the Sudanese people. On the final day of a tenuous truce that was set to end at midnight but hasn't stopped the fighting, he arrived at Port Sudan on the Red Sea. As a result of a power struggle between the nation's two senior generals, there is also growing worry over the humanitarian situation for individuals trapped and displaced by the war. However, it is still unclear how UN organisations will continue to function in the midst of the upheaval with a small staff and supplies. Thousands of UN employees were evacuated in a convoy to Port Sudan more than a week after the fierce fighting broke out in t...