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Syria: Army of Islam shells Damascus, government responds with airstrikes

Shells fired by the Army of Islam militants into the Syrian capital Damascus have killed at least 5 people and there are threats that more will follow. The government responded by launching more than 70 airstrikes in the Eastern Ghouta district, where the militants are based. This is the second attack the group has launched […]

Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes weathering as 31 MPs resign

After deciding last Wednesday to suspend their membership in Nidaa Tounes, the 31 members of parliament (MP) on Monday resigned from the party and vowed to form an independent group “to protest the non-democratic way in which the party has been managed” said Hassouna Nasfi, one of the protesting deputies. The resignation will reduce the […]

Tindouf Camps: Popular Protests against Polisario Gaining Momentum

The Tindouf camps in Southern Algeria are rocked by growing protests of the sequestered Sahrawis who are rising up against Polisario militias’ oppression, impunity, injustice, torture and systematic violations of their basic human rights. The separatists started feeling the heat after their Algerian masters were ousted by the popular revolt that is still ongoing. Things […]