Iraq
Iraq: Women’s rights pushed back
The invasion and occupation of Iraq has resulted in the deaths and suffering of millions of ordinary Iraqis. Among these are the increasing attacks on women’s lives, their rights and conditions.
Middle East
Iran
Iran: One hundred and seventy strikes in July
International solidarity week with workers’ struggles
Lebanon
Lebanon: Civil war illustrates the tragedy of sectarian division
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Lebanon’s descent into 15 years of horrific civil war.
Egypt
Egypt: Farcical election dents Bush’s Middle East strategy
With 89% of the votes, Egypt’s first contested presidential election on September 7th could have been a crushing victory for Hosni Mubarak. But according to official figures only 23% voted.
Kurdistan
Kurdistan: Kurdish ‘Intifada’ in Iran
Oppressed workers and poor resist regime
Iraq
Iraq: The tragedy of Baghdad
The tragedy of Baghdad – with almost 1000 Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq’s bloodiest day on 31 August – competes with the catastrophe of New Orleans in a kind of “league of horrors”.
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Gaza withdrawal – will Sharon’s pull-out bring ‘peace’?
The Israeli government has now demolished all the Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip, with four more in the West Bank to follow. This is the first time that Israel has removed settlements in Palestinian […]
Iran
Iran: Governement executes gay teenagers
The newly elected president of Iran, the religious conservative and former revolutionary guard Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was elected on the 24 June tried to play down fears of Iranian workers during the election campaign that […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Reactionary right whips up homophobia against Pride demonstration
Weeks of a vicious propaganda campaign against the proposal to hold a Pride Parade in Jerusalem resulted in demonstrators being stabbed by a reactionary ultra right-wing settler at the event on June 30.
Iran
Iran: Iranian elections
Hardliner’s victory stuns Western leaders