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“We strongly condemn the Israeli Nazi occupation’s arrest of Dr. Muhammad Abu Salamiya, general director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, along with several medical staff.”

By Kouthar Sambo "We strongly condemn the Israeli Nazi occupation's arrest of Dr. Muhammad Abu Salamiya, general director of the Al-Shifa Hospital, along with several medical staff." This is according to the Resistance Movement, Hamas. The movement further cited the move by Israel as "nothing less than despicable, lacking any sense of humanity and morals." It is also a flagrant violation of international norms and charters, asserted Hamas, since medical […]

today23 November 2023

International News

Red Cross: Coronavirus could cause upheaval across Middle East

Coronavirus outbreaks across the Middle East threaten to shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people in conflict zones, and could fuel socio-economic upheaval, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Curfews and lockdowns imposed as public health measures to stem spread of the virus are already making it difficult or impossible for many to provide for their families, it said. The Geneva-based […]

today17 April 2020

International News

Red Cross pulls 71 foreign staff out of Yemen over security risks

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has pulled 71 of its international staff out of Yemen because of rising security threats. Some 450 ICRC employees remain in Yemen, including dozens of expatriate staff, spokeswoman Marie-Claire Feghali said. The aid agency urged all sides in the country's three-year war to provide security guarantees so its staff could keep running surgical, water and food assistance programmes, which it said had […]

today8 June 2018

International News

Red Cross aid worker killed in Yemen

A gunman shot dead a Lebanese aid worker from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday near the city of Taiz, southern Yemen. The incident took place early in the morning when a team of aid workers from the ICRC was returning from Taiz city. The ICRC confirmed to Middle East Eye that Hanna Lahoud, a Lebanese employee, was killed, stating that they were trying to find […]

today22 April 2018

International News

Cox’s Bazar: Chaos all around at Rohingya camps

Hundreds of Rohingya, including children, were jostling to get hold of aid packages being thrown from trucks at Balukhali in the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar bordering Myanmar. Women, many with babies on their shoulders, stood in torrential rain in the hope of getting food, tarpaulin and clothes distributed by local Bangladeshi people. Chaos was all around at Balukhali, where a large number of Rohingya have taken refuge, as the […]

today18 September 2017

International News

Heavy rains trigger deadly floods in Yemen

At least 15 people have died in parts of central and southern Yemen after heavy summer rains triggered flash flooding, sweeping away dozens of cars and wrecking homes in the crisis-hit country, according to local officials and residents. Torrential rains destroyed several homes in Jibla, some 6km from the central city of Ibb, with at least five people confirmed dead and several others still unaccounted for, Anadolu news agency reported […]

today31 August 2017

Local

Nearly 70 people cross border into Spanish enclave

Around 70 sub-Saharan African migrants crossed the razor-wire-topped fence separating northern Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Tuesday, leaving 14 people hospitalised, the Red Cross said. Local police said 200 people rushed the border in a bid to reach Europe. Around 60 managed to enter the territory and were attended by the Red Cross. Migrants frequently jump or cut through the fences of Spain's two enclaves in northern […]

today2 August 2017

International News

Syrian army says Aleppo retaken

The Syrian army said on Thursday it had retaken full control of Aleppo, scoring its biggest victory against opposition forces since the civil war erupted in 2011. The announcement came after an evacuation deal that put an end to a ferocious months-long offensive waged on east Aleppo by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier, the Red Cross said more than 4,000 fighters had left rebel-held areas of the city […]

today23 December 2016

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