Global Issues
News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 39
For Palestinian Workers, the Enemy Is the Hope
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Sep 25 (IPS) - Hassan Hader’s application for a permit to work in Israel has been rejected four times. Now waiting to hear back from the Israeli authorities on his latest attempt, the 52-year-old father of five said he has no choice but to keep applying.
U.N. Chief Jabs Media for Overblown Coverage of Hate Crimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated International Day of Peace last week, the celebrations were marred by news of widespread rage in the Islamic world, a continued bloody civil war in Syria, suicide bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan and violent demonstrations in Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh against a video caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.
Libyan Islamists Cornered, Not Quietened
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 24 (IPS) - It could be premature to believe that the storming of Islamist militia bases by Benghazi citizens on Friday could spell the end for Libya’s Islamist militants. Just as it was premature to claim when moderate Libyan political parties took the majority of votes during the July elections that Libya had bucked the Islamist trend sweeping the region.
Assad and Opposition Both Losing
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Syria, Sep 23 (IPS) - Two floors have been ripped from the top of an apartment block in Aleppo in northern Syria. A lone man stands amidst the rubble four stories up after a missile from one of his own government’s fighter jets smashed into the building that morning. With his arms crossed, the solitary figure surveys the destruction around him.
Water for Phosphate, Not People
- Inter Press Service
GAFSA, Tunisia, Sep 22 (IPS) - Gafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis.
New Generation of Arab Leaders to Address World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - When world leaders heading politically shaky authoritarian regimes lead their country’s delegations on overseas visits or attend international conferences, including the annual U.N. General Assembly sessions in September, there is always a lingering fear of either an insurrection or an attempted military coup back home.
Growing Public Discontent with Turkish Syria Policy
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Sep 21 (IPS) - Public approval of the Turkish government’s foreign policy has reached its lowest point - a mere 18 percent - in the past decade, according to a poll released here this week that showed only 18 percent of respondents said they favoured Ankara’s handling of the escalating sectarian violence in neighbouring Syria.
Saving Libya From its Saviours
- Inter Press Service
TRIPOLI, Sep 21 (IPS) - The dark rain clouds and circling military helicopter accentuated the mood of the small, sombre crowd gathered in Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square to commemorate Libya’s dead heroes.
OP-ED: Arab Democracies and the West
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - Anti-Western protests across the Arab Islamic world denouncing the anti-Islam video, reportedly produced in the United States, is a serious test for the new democratic governments in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, and elsewhere.
Egyptian Christians in Uneasy Safety
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Sep 20 (IPS) - Many of Egypt's Coptic Christians met the recent assumption of the presidency by the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi with trepidation, even panic – some even made plans to leave the country. Almost three month's into Morsi's term, these fears, say some experts, appear largely unfounded.
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