Yemenis continue anti-regime protests

Press TV Yemeni anti-government demonstrators continue protests across the Middle Eastern country to achieve what they describe as the goals of their revolution. The protesters staged demonstrations in the capital Sana’a on Wednesday while a funeral procession was held for Yemen’s Chairman of the Shura Council Abdulaziz Abdulghani, a Press TV correspondent reported. Abdulghani died [...]

British hypocrisy: ‘Gaddafi is a foe’

Press TV Britain has been a close trade partner of Libya over the past years, yet what London is doing now is hypocritically condemning Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi rather than apologizing for the partnership. Britain’s trade with the Gaddafi regime stood at an estimated £1.5 billion last year – most of its oil imports from [...]

Gaddafi’s Missing Legions: The Siege of Tripoli

by FRANKLIN LAMB, source Tripoli. This observer’s tentative appraisal of Tuesday’s events along the north Tripoli port area as of late afternoon 8/23/11 is that the “65,000 well trained and well-armed troops” hyped Sunday by the Gaddafi government don’t in fact exist and that the pockets of government troops here in Tripoli and across Libya [...]

Palestine: More air striks on Gaza, settlers cut off olive trees & arrests

Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid GAZA, (PIC)– Two Palestinians were injured at an early hour on Wednesday when Israeli warplanes targeted a motorbike they were riding in central Gaza, medical sources said. Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for the medical services, told the PIC reporter that one of them sustained moderate injuries while the [...]

UK to exploit Libya’s resources

Press TV Britain’s government has decided to take control of Libyan oil facilities as British Petroleum announced plans to resume operations in oil-rich North African country. As Libyan opposition fighters take control of more and more areas in the capital Tripoli, the world’s superpowers are trying to gain hegemony over the African country by securing [...]

Iraqi Kurds slam Turkey attacks

Iraqi Kurds slam Turkey attacks on PKK Press TV Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds have gathered outside the Turkish consulate in Irbil to protest against Ankara’s cross-border airstrikes against suspected PKK targets in northern Iraq. The protesters in the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region demanded an end to Turkey’s bombing campaign against elements of the [...]

Egyptians urge freeze of “Israel” ties

Press TV Egyptian protesters continue demonstrating in front of the Israeli embassy in the capital Cairo, calling for an end to Egypt’s diplomatic ties with Israel. The demonstrators insisted that they would press ahead with the protests outside the embassy until Tel Aviv’s envoy to Cairo, Yitzhak Levanon, is expelled from the country, a Press [...]

Eritrea releases detained Israeli pilots

Press TV Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki Eritrea has ordered the release of two Israeli pilots detained in the country over arms smuggling in a show of friendship with Tel Aviv. The two Israeli pilots, Captain Yehuda Maoz and First Officer Vered Aharonson, returned to Israel on Tuesday after nearly a month of intensive diplomatic efforts [...]

Welcome to Libya’s ‘democracy’

by Pepe Escobar, source The Big Gaddafi has barely left the building – the Bab-al-Aziziyah compound – and the Western vultures are already circling overhead; the scramble is on to seize the “big prize” – Libya’s oil and gas wealth. [1] Libya is as much a pawn in a serious ideological, geopolitical, geo-economic and geostrategic [...]

Bellemare’s indictment: Skeptical Fransen agrees with reservations!

by Nader Ezziddine, Al Manar At last, and after waiting for long, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor-General Daniel Bellemare uncovered his “wonder” the so-called “Indictment” in the case of the former PM Rafiq Al-Hariri assassination in addition to his guarding the secrecy related to some details present in the judgment text. The indicted men [...]

“Minimal Collateral Damage”: Israeli Video Games in Gaza

“Minimal Collateral Damage”: Israeli Video Games in Gaza by ALISON WEIR, source He looks at the camera with bright eyes and the beginning of a smile, wearing a miniature dark blue zipper sweatshirt, the cuffs folded up a bit to make it fit. I can imagine his mother dressing him that morning, making sure he [...]

Bahrain back to military courts, targets civilians & 2,500 state workers sacked

Bahrain back To military courts, targets civilians Moqawama “Human Rights First” criticized Tuesday the Bahrain government’s decision to bring back military courts to try pro-democracy activists. The group called the development as shocking as it is duplicitous. “The world needs to take notice that the government of Bahrain has brought back its discredited military courts, [...]

Palestine: Israeli troops’ violence, settler runs over girl & strikes in Gaza despite cease-fire

IOF troops arrest Palestinian shepherd, beat merchant TOBAS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) beat up a Palestinian businessman and detained his Mercedes car to the east of Tobas on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter. They said that the soldiers detained Samih Al-Aw for a while before releasing him, adding that Aw trades in scrap [...]

“Israel” seeks prosecution of Egyptian who removed embassy’s flag

CAIRO, (PIC)– Israel has filed a complaint with the Egyptian Attorney General against Ahmed al-Shahat, the Egyptian who became a hero after tearing the Israeli flag from the Israeli building in Cairo. Israeli media said Monday quoting sources that Tel Aviv had assigned its ambassador in Cairo to seek immediate prosecution against Shahat for breaching [...]

NATO to continue bombing Libya

Press TV A senior NATO official has announced that the Western military alliance will continue to carry out its bombing campaign in Libya. NATO Operation Unified Protector spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie said on Tuesday that ending Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s rule is proving “far more complex.” He added, however, that the pro-Gaddafi forces are severely [...]