Islam World

Mourning Ceremony Held in Beirut Commemorating the Attack on Lady Fatimah’s House ———————————- In Beirut, Lebanon, a mourning ceremony was held at the Imam Hussein bin Ali Sayyid al-Shuhada Hussainiya, affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Shirazi, to commemorate the attack on…

Train Derailment in Northern Egypt Kills 3, Injures Over 100 ———————————– A passenger train derailment on Saturday in Matrouh province, northern Egypt, killed three people and injured 103 others, Anadolu Agency reported. The National Railways Authority reported that seven carriages…

Amnesty: Syria Must Prioritize Truth, Justice and Reparations for Disappeared —————————————– Amnesty International has urged Syria’s new government to take urgent action to address the fate of tens of thousands of forcibly disappeared persons, following the fall of Bashar al-Assad…

SDF Launches Major Operation to Root Out ISIS Cells in Hasakah —————————- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced Saturday the start of a large-scale security operation targeting hidden cells of the extremist Sunni group ISIS in and around the city…

UN: Aid Convoy Reaches Syria’s Sweida via Highway After Weeks of Fighting —————————————– A United Nations-led aid convoy has reached Syria’s southern Sweida governorate via the Damascus–Sweida Highway 110 for the first time since July 12, following weeks of disruption…

UN Survey: Vast Majority of Afghans Back Girls’ Education Despite Taliban Ban ————————————— More than 90% of Afghans support girls’ right to education, according to a United Nations survey released Friday, underscoring overwhelming public opposition to the Taliban’s four-year-old ban…

Taliban Crack Down on Afghanistan’s Underground Beauty Salons ———————— The Taliban have ordered a nationwide crackdown on clandestine beauty salons in Afghanistan, giving women running them one month to close or face arrest, The Guardian reported. Although the group banned…

Afghan Shia Demands Remain Unaddressed Four Years into Taliban Rule ———————————————— Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the Shia community says its key demands remain ignored, including the official recognition of Ja’fari jurisprudence and the inclusion…

Floods Ravage Punjab as Over 1.5 million Affected, Authorities Warn of Rising Indus Threat ————————————– At least 30 people have died and more than 1.5 million others have been affected as floodwaters from the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers submerged…

Damascus Rejects Israeli Proposal for Demilitarized Zone in Southern Syria ———————————— Syrian officials have publicly rejected Israeli efforts to establish a demilitarized zone stretching from the occupied Golan Heights to Daraa, Erem News reported. Damascus emphasized that while talks on…