Middle East Experience

The roughly 6,000 Sudanese migrants and asylum seekers in Israel once again fear for their fate..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Sudan deal plunges migrants in Israel into new uncertainty

In an apparent bid to reach out to Muslims, Macron gave a long interview setting out his vision to Qatar-based TV channel Al-Jazeera, seeking to strike a softer tone..
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Full Article: Macron wavers on cartoon stance amid global backlash

At least 30 people are dead after a 6.6 magnitude quake shook western Turkey and the Greek island of Samos on Friday..
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Full Article: Turkish rescuers find woman, three children under rubble 18 hours after deadly quake

A Moroccan man was arrested in Barcelona for praising the beheading of a French schoolteacher outside Paris this month and inciting more attacks, police said on Saturday. The man, who was not named and who was detained on Friday, posted messages on social media in support of the October 16 murder of Samuel Paty, Catalan regional police said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Paty was killed outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old Chechen who was apparently incensed by the teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in class. Police shot the attacker dead. "Police officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested a man of Moroccan nationality, for an alleged crime of exaltation of terrorism and a crime of incitement to commit terrorist crimes," Catalan police tweeted. The suspect appeared before a court in Barcelona on Saturday and was released on condition he surrender his passport and appear before magistrates every 14 days, police said. An attacker killed three people in a church in Nice on Thursday in the second deadly knife attack in France in two weeks. Three people have been taken into custody. The attacks came amid growing Muslim anger across the world over France's defense of the right to publish cartoons depicting the prophet. French President Emmanuel Macron has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites such as places of worship and schools, and ministers have warned that other Islamist militant attacks could take place. Police will guard French schools in the Spanish region of Catalonia from next week.Read more:Belgian teacher suspended for showing cartoon of Prophet MohammedPakistan’s police fire teargas at demonstrators protesting French cartoons of ProphetThousands rally in Jerusalem against France’s Macron over the Prophet cartoonsClashes at Lebanon’s capital Beirut as people protest French cartoons of the ProphetDenmark’s far-right party launches campaign to republish cartoons of Prophet MohammedFrance’s Macron vows country will not yield after ‘Islamist terrorist attack’ in NiceTrump on attack in France: ‘Radical Islamic terrorist attacks’ must stop immediately
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Spain’s police arrest a Moroccan man for praising teacher beheading in France

A Greek Orthodox priest was shot and injured on Saturday at a church in the French city of Lyon by an assailant who then fled, a police source and witnesses said.The priest was fired on twice at around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) as he was closing the church, and was being treated on site for life-threatening injuries, the source said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Witnesses said the church was Greek Orthodox. Another police source said the priest was of Greek nationality, and had been able to tell emergency services as they arrived that he had not recognized his assailant. The incident came two days after a man shouting "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice. Two weeks ago, a schoolteacher in a Paris suburb was beheaded by an 18-year-old attacker who was apparently incensed by the teacher showing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad during a class. While the motive for Saturday's attack was not known, government ministers had warned that there could be other “Islamist militant” attacks. President Emmanuel Macron has deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites such as places of worship and schools. Prime Minister Jean Castex, who was visiting Rouen, said he was heading back to Paris to assess the situation. The Nice attack took place on the day Muslims celebrate the Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Many Muslims around the world have been angered about France's defense of the right to publish cartoons depicting the Prophet. A third person has been taken into police custody in connection with that attack, a police source said on Saturday. The suspected assailant was shot by police and remained in critical condition in hospital.Read more:Spain’s police arrest a Moroccan man for praising teacher beheading in FranceBelgian teacher suspended for showing cartoon of Prophet MohammedPakistan’s police fire teargas at demonstrators protesting French cartoons of ProphetThousands rally in Jerusalem against France’s Macron over the Prophet cartoonsClashes at Lebanon’s capital Beirut as people protest French cartoons of the ProphetDenmark’s far-right party launches campaign to republish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Orthodox priest shot in France’s city of Lyon, attacker flees: Police

The Crime Minister protesting organization called out the police for intentionally inhibiting the protest movement.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Anti-Netanyahu submarine convoy members arrested on Rt. 1 near Jerusalem

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but is populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Armenia, Azerbaijan trade fresh accusations of Karabakh shelling

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman and interior minister both announced Saturday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kolin tweeted that he had reached "the final stage of coronavirus treatment" but did not say how long he has been sick."I am going very well," he wrote.Visit our dedicated coronavirus site here for all the latest updates.Kolin's comment came only hours after Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said he was hospitalized Friday with his wife and daughter, who also tested positive for the virus.Both men routinely meet Erdogan, who was travelling on Saturday to Izmir to inspect the damage from an earthquake that killed more than 30 people in Turkey and Greece.The Turkish leader, whose entourage is routinely tested for the virus, has exhibited no signs of illness and keeps a punishing schedule that often includes several daily televised speeches.Turkey, which this week surpassed 10,000 coronavirus deaths, has so far refrained from reintroducing the lockdown measures being unveiled by countries such as France and Greece.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Read more:New measures needed as coronavirus makes comeback in Turkey, says ErdoganWHO calls on Turkey to follow coronavirus guidelinesTurkey considering reimposing coronavirus curbs, without hurting economy
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Full Article: Coronavirus: Erdogan’s spokesman and interior minister test positive for COVID-19

The priest was fired on twice at around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) as he was closing the church.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Orthodox priest injured in French shooting, assailant has fled

The tense atmosphere in Syria illustrates how extremists are popular from Idlib to Jarabulus to Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. This is a swath of Syria where ISIS was once in control or had influence.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Turkey’s anti-French incitement underpins protests in Syria