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The humanitarian crisis in Syria is rapidly deteriorating, with U.N. investigators warning that escalating violence and a collapsing economy threaten to plunge the population into deeper despair. According to an article published by VOA on September 21, Paulo Pinheiro, chair…

Saudi Arabia’s authorities arrested 22,716 individuals in one week for violating residency, work, and border security regulations, Shiite News reported yesterday citing the Saudi Press Agency. Of those arrested, 14,446 were detained for residency law violations, 4,780 for illegal border…

Militants attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan late Thursday, killing at least six personnel, the military reported on Friday. The attackers, from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), attempted to storm the post, but their efforts were repelled by security forces…

On September 19, police in Sindh, Pakistan, reported the shooting death of doctor Shah Nawaz, who faced blasphemy allegations, VOA revealed. During a raid intended to arrest him, police claimed Nawaz and an accomplice, fleeing on a motorcycle, opened fire,…

On September 19, Hasht-e Subh Daily reported that the Taliban have intensified their crackdown on media freedom in Afghanistan, recently shutting down Naraiman Radio in Badghis province. According to reports, three employees were arrested in Qadis district and held for…

A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities into the communications devices that exploded in Lebanon this week revealed they were rigged with explosives before being brought into the country, according to a letter from Lebanon’s mission to the United Nations addressed…

Iraqi security forces killed at least six suspected ISIS members, including a leader, in an operation in Kirkuk province on Thursday. According to the Iraqi army’s Joint Operations Command, F-16 airstrikes targeted a terrorist group, killing Omar Salah Nima, also…

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced on Thursday the sentencing of three ISIS members to death for attacks on security forces in Anbar and Salahaddin provinces, Rudaw reported. The court stated that the militants aimed to incite fear among civilians and…

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s Agency for Maysan Police Affairs announced Thursday the discovery of significant archaeological sites and over 400 vertical wells from the early first millennium AD near the Iraqi-Iranian border. This finding was made during routine field…

A report from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) reveals that 337 personnel and civilians have been killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) this year, with 616 others injured due to attacks by banned organizations, Aaj News reported yesterday. Peshawar saw the…