Middle East Experience

It's been claimed that the IDF offered southern Syrian residents the opportunity to work within Israel during the end and return home in the evening.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF reportedly offers southern Syria's Druze community job opportunities - report

While regulations on campus access have gradually changed, there is currently no plan to reopen the gates; at least, none that the administration has shared.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Life at Columbia U: Pro-Palestinian protestors disrupt Israel history class, vandalism

“Right now, this year is shaping up to be particularly dry. There hasn't been a year this severe since measurements began,” Dr. Eyal Zigel said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Driest winter on record: Lake Kinneret sees rare February drop in water level

Palestinian militants said on Monday that an unusual deployment of Israeli tanks in the occupied West Bank, part of a major offensive that has displaced tens of thousands, may be a step toward annexation.Israeli leaders have repeatedly pledged to annex at least parts of the West Bank, which has been occupied since 1967, but any such proposal has been met with strong opposition from Palestinians and much of the international community.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Islamic Jihad says Israel planning West Bank annexation 'by force' after tanks deployed

With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull, Raghdan Salem Zodeh's SUV was freed from the sand and rising tides near a resort in the desert state of Qatar.Zodeh, 47, a Syrian living in the Gulf emirate, had become stuck near the on-rushing tide, his wheels spinning in sea-sodden sand, before volunteers from the Aoun Qatar rescue team came to wrench him out with towing cables."The guys here are all chivalrous, they are all helpful," Zodeh told AFP, after waiting just 10 minutes to be rescued.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Sea, sand and stranded vehicles: on patrol with Qatar desert rescuers

Around a third of Israeli households have reported a fall in their incomes since the start of the war, a proportion that reached as high as 44% among households in the north.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Fifth of Israelis displaced by war out of work, survey shows

Despite progress, women in Israel face greater job instability, especially in times of crisis.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gender gap remains in labor force, says report

Yerevan’s pivot toward the West intensifies amid regional tensions and shifting alliances.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Armenia joins US-led global coalition against Islamic State

The Islamic regime has domestically developed an air defense system and has Russian S-300s to protect its nuclear sites, the report says, though they are concerned it is not enough.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Iran rushes to upgrade air defenses, fearing joint Israel-US attack

Polish-born Rose managed to get visas for her and her husband to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939, later settling in Queens, New York.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: World's oldest Holocaust survivor, Rose Girone, passed away at age 113