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One Killed, Several Injured in Israel as Cease-fire Between Israel, Islamic Jihad Remains Out of Reach Nicole Jansezian/ The Media Line 05/11/2023 Israel continues targeted killings in Gaza, taking out Islamic Jihad leadership One person was killed and several were injured in Israel after a rocket launched from Gaza hit a residential building on Thursday, the third and most violent day in this recent round of fighting between Israel and […]

By Daniel Trotta and Jorge Garcia SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. On the eve of the expiration of Title 42, the COVID-era provision blocking most asylum-seekers from seeking legal entry into the United States, hundreds of migrants […]

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – SVB Financial, the bankrupt former parent of failed Silicon Valley Bank, said on Thursday the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must release $10 million in tax refund checks owed to the company, escalating a dispute over the agency’s efforts to seize assets in the wake of the bank’s collapse. The FDIC had previously asked the bankruptcy court judge overseeing the case to create […]

US-Led Coalition Conducts Live Fire Exercises in Iraq and Syria Every day since May 1, the joint task force fighting the Islamic State group has conducted live fire exercises, which may involve newly refitted A-10 Warthog jets By Clint Van Winkle/The Media Line The US-led joint task force against the Islamic State (IS) group held a series of live fire exercises in Iraq and Syria throughout the beginning of May. […]

Syrian Drug Flow Into Middle East May Be Outside Assad’s Control Arab League partners expect Syrian President Bashar Assad to deal with massive trafficking of the amphetamine Captagon, but the drug’s production and distribution network is embedded in the country’s economy and even its leadership By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line As Syria officially reintegrates back into the Arab League, fellow members are expecting President Bashar Assad to wind up the […]

One Year Later, the Death of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Still a Source of Pain Her friends and colleagues are angry that no one has been charged or held responsible for the killing of the veteran Al Jazeera journalist, who was shot dead while reporting on an Israeli army raid in the Jenin refugee camp By Mohammad Al-Kassim/The Media Line One year after veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh […]

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Suffer Under Rising Deportation Raids, Anti-Syrian Sentiment  According to a UN spokesperson, at least 73 raids were carried out by Lebanese authorities in April, with over 600 Syrian refugees confirmed deported  By Andrea López-Tomàs/The Media Line  [Beirut] Syrian refugees in Lebanon have been struggling with alienation, poverty, and despair as they wait for the long and bloody civil war in their home country to play out. […]

Indian Businesses Invest Billions in GCC Experts disagree on the extent to which the Indian investments benefit the local economies By Hudhaifa Ebrahim/The Media Line Indian companies have become dominant in several industries throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). According to the GCC Statistical Center, success in fields such as retail, medicine, technology, education, contracting, and tourism has allowed Indians living in the GCC to send $89 billion back to […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring factions early on Friday committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid, but did not agree to a ceasefire and remain far apart, U.S. officials said. After a week of talks in the Saudi port of Jeddah, Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed a declaration that they would work towards a short-term ceasefire in further talks, they said. “The […]