Josh Wood
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How a diplomatic crisis among Gulf nations led to a fake news campaign in the United States
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have long spent huge sums of money on lobbyists to win favor with those in power in the United States. But when the two countries launched a blockade of fellow US ally Qatar last year, organizations with ties to their governments tried something new: fake news. → Read More
America, meet Palestine: US gets its first Palestinian art museum
A new art museum wants to change American perceptions on Palestine and give Palestinian artists an opportunity to showcase their work → Read More
Trump stokes Sharia law conspiracy theories
Sharia conspiracy theories have crept into the highest echelons of power, giving them more exposure and credence among conservatives → Read More
Syrians in US fear Trump may end their 'protected status'
About 6,900 Syrians reside in US under Temporary Protected Status, which does not count them as visa-holding immigrants or refugees → Read More
Beirut's beaches blighted by the rubbish crisis
The decision to dump mountains of trash at sea could threaten its tourist trade → Read More
HRW: Signs of torture on bodies of Syrians in Lebanese army custody
According to Human Rights Watch, photographic evidence of the corpses and detainees’ testimonies revealed the men were tortured → Read More
Lebanon bans all protests after calls by Syrian activists
A demonstration to 'defend the rights of Syrians in Lebanon' was planned to take place in Beirut on Tuesday, but was cancelled after fears of violence → Read More
Lebanon bans all protests after calls for demonstrations by Syrian activists
A demonstration to 'defend the rights of Syrians in Lebanon' was planned to take place in Beirut on Tuesday, but was cancelled by organisers after fears of violence → Read More
Syria situation 'too volatile for the guarantee of safe zones'
'Historically these types of areas have not successfully protected civilians,' said Human Rights Watch’s Lebanon researcher Bassam Khawaja → Read More
Ceasefire in southwestern Syria takes effect
The truce came into effect at 12pm Damascus time (1pm UAE) between Bashar Al Assad's forces and their allies and anti-government rebels → Read More
Ceasefire in southwestern Syria appears to be largely holding
No air strikes or clashes were reported across the country’s three southern provinces in the first hours of the truce, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group monitoring the war in Syria. → Read More
Syria and Russia accuse US of gearing up for ‘new aggression’
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman hints that US could use a 'fake' chemical attack in rebel-held areas of Syria to to justify more US military action. → Read More
Assad appears to heed US warning on chemical attack
The White House had said earlier the Syrian government was possibly preparing to launch a fresh chemical weapons attack, and warned Syrian president Bashar Al Assad and his military forces would pay 'a heavy price' if they carried out such an attack. → Read More
GCC exposed to food security risks from maritime choke points
Climate change, armed conflict and political decisions to close or restrict waterways are delaying or stopping food shipments to countries that are dependent on imports, the study by the UK-based think tank Chatham House warned. → Read More
Dozens killed in ISIL ‘prison’ air strike as Assad denies chemical plot
The strike came one day after the White House said the Syrian government may be preparing for another chemical weapons attack and warning Syrian president Bashar Al Assad that he and his military would pay “a heavy price” if one occurred. → Read More
How US may be facing wider conflict with pro-government forces in Syria
BEIRUT // The United States never signed up for a war with the Syrian government or its allies. When Washington intervened in Syria in 2014, the mission was simple: to confront, degrade and destroy ISIL while avoiding the politics of a complicated civil war. Even when the US bombed a Syrian air base in April, it was a one-off, punitive strike aimed at punishing Damascus for a sarin attack – not… → Read More
Russia in threat to hit US jets in Syria
US-led coalition planes operating west of the Euphrates will be targets, Moscow says after Syrian jet downed on Sunday. → Read More
From feast in Syria to famine in Lebanon
In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, the iftar menu is dictated by the inescapable poverty that haunts and traps so many Syrian refugee families in Lebanon. → Read More
Lebanon cabinet approves new election law
If elections go ahead next May as planned, members of parliament will have served nine years - five years longer than the four-year terms they were elected to in 2009. → Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman meets Putin in Moscow
The Saudi deputy crown prince and defence minister said relations between Riyadh and Moscow were 'seeing one of their best stages at the moment'. → Read More