NOVANEWS By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett As New York prepares for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly next week, the volume of Western media speculation about the prospects for a […]
NOVANEWS Forward.com Talks of a renewed diplomatic effort to reach a deal with Iran have caused some unease in Israel and among its supporters in the United States. As Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu warned against falling for […]
NOVANEWS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (Screenshot from Channel 1 Sunday Time programme) The US is pushing Russia into approving a UN resolution that would allow for military intervention in Syria, in exchange for American […]
NOVANEWS The European diplomats, who were trying to deliver emergency aid to the residents of a demolished Palestinian village, were manhandled by Israeli troops and their truck was seized by the IDF. A Reuters reporter […]
NOVANEWS Photo: AFP The suspected killer of an anti-fascist musician, whose stabbing sparked nationwide protests and raised social tensions in the debt-wracked country, appeared in court on Saturday under heavy security. Truck driver George Roupakias, […]
NOVANEWS Text of speech by Alan Hart to a conference on human rights, held in Geneva The title of my contribution to this conference is taken from paragraph three of the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of […]
NOVANEWS Claiming it had materials to illegally rebuild Palestinian homes, army took truck during Friday clash between troops and activists Times of Israel The European Union demanded an accounting from the Israeli military Saturday on […]
NOVANEWS Three people were arrested on Friday in the Western Bekaa in possession of weapons and extermely explosive material, a media report said. [[[[[[“A Palestinian and two Syrians were arrested in Western Bekaa in possession […]
NOVANEWS In this context “international diplomacy from below” means: purposeful efforts to resolve the Syrian humanitarian crisis through international coordination and communication between domestic civil society and activist groups rather than governments (e.g. imagine Britain’s Stop the War Coalition coordinating with […]
NOVANEWS Special sources confirmed to Zaman Alwasl that the center of the border city of Azaz, near Turkey, is still controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham “ISIS”, besides 30 detainees and activist […]