Israel's imposition of measures intended to prevent births in Gaza
By Maximilian Millington Genocide Watch November 7, 2026 Al Basma IVF Center was struck by an Israeli shell in 2024. Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters Legal framework Under Article II (d) of the Genocide Convention “genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: […] imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group”. For this act of genocide, the evidentiary t
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Syria’s children born with dead fathers lack legal documents
By UN News November 4, 2026 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Child detainees inside Syria's notorious Al Hol camp for displaced people, which includes hundreds of family members of alleged ISIL terrorist fighters. Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes only through fathers – many of whom are dead or missing – a member of the independent UN commission investigating rights violations in the country said on Wednesday. “
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Besieged West Bank school fortifies against settler attacks
By William Christou and Sufian Abu Taha in al-Mughayyir November 3, 2026 After deaths of five students at hands of Israeli settlers in last academic year, al-Mughayyir’s teachers and pupils are on high alert Students line up on the first day of the school year at a newly fortified al-Mughayyir school. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA This year, parents in al-Mughayyir had to be persuaded to send their children back to school. Israeli settlers had killed five teenage students las
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Nov 5
UN warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza
United Nations Palestine 02 November 2026 Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims to increase the area of military deployment to 70 per cent of Gaza’s territory. Israeli forces continue to push Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of the Gaza Strip while destroying civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned amid concerns of ethnic cleansing. OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims
Syrians struggle with soaring prices as crisis challenges post-Assad recovery
By Hugo Bachega October 29, 2026 Many Syrians say their economic situation has worsened in the last two years amid a cost-of-living crisis Neha Sharma/BBC Last month, protests erupted in squares and streets across Syria. People burned tyres, blocked roads and chanted slogans, angry at the government's decision to raise fuel prices again. It was the largest show of discontent yet since President Ahmed al-Sharaa came to power two years ago. Speaking on a Syrian TV channel, a ma
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Nov 1
Palestinians injured, arrested in Israeli raids across West Bank
By Al Jazeera Staff and Anadolu October 29, 2026 This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron in Israeli military offensive. An Israeli soldier stops a Palestinian man during a protest by Palestinian residents against their forced displacement from a neighbourhood in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during ongoing Israeli military operations there [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters] Israeli forces and settlers have escalated pogroms and raids across
Libya Summons US Envoy To Protest at Trump Remarks
By Menna Alaa El-Din, Ahmed Elumami, Bhargav Acharya and Valerie Volcovici October 26, 2026 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo (Reuters) Oct 25 (Reuters) - Libya’s foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d’affaires on Sunday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as “offensive”, after he called the North African nation “terror-infested”. • The ministry said it rejected any statements that “undermine the dignity of its people or diminish thei
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Jordan Strikes Terrorists In Syria In Retaliation For Church Attack
By Ahmad Sharawi October 27, 2026 A Jordanian F-16. (@ArmedforcesJo on X) The Royal Jordanian Air Force launched multiple airstrikes on October 26, targeting what it called terrorist organizations in southern Syria that were linked to the perpetrators of Friday’s attack on St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church, in Karak Governorate. The terrorist attack on the church killed nine people and wounded 34 others. The Jordanian Armed Forces named the October 26 operation “Jordanian De
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Death in custody of a UNHCR staff member
31 October, 2026 By the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Saturday said the death in Houthi custody of Mohammad el Shami, a Yemeni colleague, was utterly devastating. The High Commissioner urged the Houthi de facto authorities to ensure a prompt investigation. Mohammad el Shami, a staff member of the UN Human Rights Office in Yemen, had been arbitrarily held in Houthi custody since 6 June 2024. According to i
Country report: Syria
September, 2026 By: Burit Boonpirom © Timothy A Clary, AFP Syria has long struggled with instability driven by extremism and sectarian violence. From 1970 to 2024, Syria was ruled by a regime dominated by a religious minority group known as the Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam. This minority-led regime, run by the dictatorship of Hafez al-Assad and later his son Bashar al-Assad, was characterized by mass killings and repression of the population, laying the groundwork for
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Oct 30
Child Recruitment and Militarization in MENA and West Africa (Part 1)
By Elisabeth Lucetta A boy poses with a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a gathering of newly-recruited Houthi fighters in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on 16 July 16, 2017 (AFP/Getty Images) Summary: Armed conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and West African regions have exposed millions of CAAFAG to violence, displacement, and prolonged social instability. In many conflict-affected communities, CAAFAG becomes involved with armed groups through coercion, e
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Oct 30
Iraq Country Report 2026
By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch Iraq has long been caught between its reliance on United States’ (U.S.) military and monetary support and its desire to maintain a working relationship with Iran. The already difficult-to-uphold balance was further complicated in February 2026, when the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran. MOSUL, Iraq: A giant Iraqi flag hangs from the Hadba minaret of the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri on Sept 29, 2026. — AF
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