Wilayah News

Winners of Islamophobia Awards Announced

Raheem Kassam, the Managing Editor of the website “Breitbart London,” has been named “Islamophobe of the Year” after a public vote organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC). Kassam made his name with the “Student Rights” organisation which has lobbied British universities to keep “extremist preachers” off campus. He …

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Video: Why Hezbollah is Fighting in Syria

An extended excerpts video with English subtitles of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s recent speech on Martyr’s Day (16/02/2014). In this video, Sayyed Nasrallah puts forward several arguments that demonstrate the necessity of his party’s military involvement in the Syrian war.  

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140 Irish academics pledge to boycott Israeli institutions

More than 140 academics in Ireland have signed this pledge: In response to the call from Palestinian civil society for an institutional academic boycott of Israel, we pledge not to engage in any professional association with Israeli academic, research and state institutions and with those representing these institutions, until such time as …

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Iran to Build 200,000 Houses in Iraq

Iran plans to build 200,000 houses in Iraq, a senior adviser to the Iranian vice-president announced on Sunday. “Iraq is planning to build 2mln houses for the poor people,” Rostam Qassemi, a former oil minister under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is now an advisor to the first vice-president, said. “And …

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Syria opposition leader praises Benjamin Netanyahu

A Syrian opposition leader has praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for expressing support for militants wounded during the conflict in Syria. Muhammad Badie told Israel Radio Friday that the Syrian opposition is grateful to Netanyahu for his February 18 tour to a field hospital in the (occupied) Golan Heights. …

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