أرشيف الوسم : Old City

Amer Zahr Two weeks ago, I was in Jerusalem. I stayed in the Jerusalem Hotel, one block from the largest entrance to the Old City. I ventured through the city’s storied alleys, ancient stairways, and vibrant markets over and over during my few days there. I ate hummus, visited holy sites, and bought souvenirs. When I did make a purchase, …

Israeli policemen overnight arrested over 23 Palestinians in east Jerusalem, Palestinian officials said on Monday; the crackdown transpired after months of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian people in the city. However, an Israeli spokeswoman said that only four Palestinians were arrested, and did not account for the people being held by other security forces. The Palestinian were arrested from …

The Syrian branch of the al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front, on Monday claimed responsibility for the two car bomb attacks in the city of Homs on Sunday. The Governor of Homs Talal al-Barazi said that the twin car bombs attacks claimed the lives of 12 people. According to the group’s Twitter account, “God generously made it possible for the jihadists of …

On Friday, the last of the rebel forces evacuated the Old City in Homs, as Syrian army troops entered the city. The move is being seen as a symbolic victory for the government, with civilians slowly finding their way back to the neighborhoods in the city. The pullout sees the rebels now confined to only one district on the outskirts …

Israeli organization Zochrot will release the I-Nakba phone app on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, on 5th May at 20:00. Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”, will let users of the app locate any Arab village abandoned in the 1948 war on an interactive map, add comments, photos, and data and learn about the history of the village, including …

The Syrian government and opposition rebels on Friday reportedly agreed to a deal which will allow opposition fighters besieged in the city of Homs to withdraw during a ceasefire. The deal means that all but one district in the city, once called the “capital of the revolution”, will be under government control again. Britain-based monitoring group The Syrian Observatory for …

دخل الجيش السوري يوم الثلاثاء يدعمه ميليشيات موالية للنظام الاحياء التي يسيطر عليها المتمردون في مدينة حمص بعد فرض الحصار عليها لمدة سنتين تقريبا . ويأتي  هذا الهجوم عقب يوم من استعاده النظام السيطرة على بلدة معلولا المسيحية في القلمون . في وقت سابق من هذا العام، قامت الامم المتحدة بإجلاء أكثر من الف و ربعمائة  شخص  من المحاصرين في …