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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…

Taliban Shuts Down Foreign Language Centers for Women in Herat ………………. Authorities in Herat, Afghanistan, have closed several foreign language education centers for women in recent days, raising further concerns over women’s access to education under Taliban rule. According to…

Forced Evictions in Damascus’ Al-Sumariya Neighborhood Spark Concern Over Human Rights Violations ………………. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported ongoing forced evictions targeting impoverished families in Damascus’ Al-Sumariya neighborhood, many of whom belong to the Alawite community. Authorities…

Iraq to Lead UN Conference on Dismantling Syria’s Al-Hol Camp …………… Iraq is set to host an international conference in mid-September at the United Nations headquarters in New York to address the future of Syria’s Al-Hol refugee camp. Organized in…

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, Syria’s Alawite community has faced a wave of security threats and political exclusion, prompting the formation of religious and political councils to safeguard their rights and ensure a role in…

Egypt to Host G20 Meeting Outside Member States for First Time ……………. Egypt is set to host a G20 meeting for the first time outside the bloc’s member countries since the group’s establishment in 1999. The meeting will take place…