Babylon Reports – Page 31

19 December 2017

Read more

Nuhayl Sher

Babylon Reports – Protests turn violent in Kurdistan, US veto UN resolution, K-Pop star dies

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 19 December 2017

Fears of instability are high as casualties were reported after protests over lack of basic services and delayed and reduced salaries turned violent yesterday. The protests in cities across Sulaimani and Halabja provinces turned violent when demonstrators clashed with riot police and security forces in several cities on Monday. The KRG said that while the […]

Babylon Reports – KRG in Berlin, Beirut murder, Star Wars crushes box office

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 18 December 2017

Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy, Qubad Talabani, arrived in Berlin yesterday ahead of meetings with German officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, today. The visit is at the invitation of the German Government and is the second foreign tour, after France, since relations between the Iraqi and Kurdish governments reached an all-time low […]

Babylon Reports – Gaza violence rises, KRG has plan B,

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 17 December 2017

Violence continues to escalate as three Palestinians have died in Gaza during clashes with Israeli troops near the border. More than 100 were hurt in Gaza and the occupied West Bank amid fresh protests over Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In the West Bank, an Israeli policeman was wounded in a Palestinian […]

Babylon Reports – NGO asks airport ban lift, OIC says East Jerusalem capital Palestine, Egypt jails singer

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 14 December 2017

Dozens of humanitarian organizations on Wednesday sent a request to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to lift the international flight ban on airports in the Kurdistan Region. Seventy-seven aid organizations signed a statement addressed to the Government of Iraq, and to Prime Minister Abadi. The statement called on the Iraqi government to lift the flight […]

Babylon Reports – Israel and Turkey exchange words, ISIS victory “premature”, Josh Homme kicks photographer

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 11 December 2017

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Turkey for bombing Kurds, hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel a “terrorist state”. Netanyahu hit back at Erdogan yesterday after he labeled Israel a “state that kills children,” calling him a leader who bombs Kurdish villagers and supports ‘terrorists’. The two countries had normalized relations […]

Babylon Reports – ISIS in Iraq over, Earthquake death toll rises, Tyler opens home for girls

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 10 December 2017

After three long years, I raq has announced that its war against the Islamic State (IS) is over. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad that Iraqi troops were now in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border. The border zone contained the last few areas IS held, following its loss of the town of […]

Babylon Reports – Trump says Jerusalem new capital, Explosion in Makhmur, Time’s POTY

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 7 December 2017

A bomb attack has targeted a Kurdish refugee camp in Makhmur, southwest of Erbil, on Wednesday evening. The explosion damaged parts of the camp and resulted in a “large number” of casualties according to the mayor of Makhmur. Three people have been killed and seven injured, according to initial reports. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has condemned […]

Babylon Reports – Jerusalem new Israeli capital, Iraq-Iran angriest people in world, Johnny Hallyday dies

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 6 December 2017

US President Donald Trump is apparently going to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr Trump is said to not immediately move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem but the news comes ahead of an expected speech by the President today. Meanwhile, the 2017 Global Emotions Report indicates that Iranians and Iraqis are the […]

Babylon Reports – Former Yemeni President dead, Trump travel ban in effect, Time’s POTY nominees

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 5 December 2017

Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed amid fighting between his supporters and their former allies, the Houthi rebel movement. Officials from Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress party said he died in an attack south of the capital, Sanaa. The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump’s travel ban on six mainly […]

Babylon Reports – YPG defeats ISIS, Egyptian lawyer jailed, Ed Sheeran and Beyonce duet

Written by Nuhayl Sher on 4 December 2017

Kurdish forces have announced they are entering a new phase in northern Deir ez-Zor province after the military defeat of ISIS and asked for coalition and Russian backing as they work to maintain peace in the liberated areas. The YPG are the dominant force within the US-led coalition-backed SDF that were battling ISIS in northern Deir […]

Search in the website: