Al-Hammouri told IPS that at least 25 percent of the 1,000 Palestinian shops in the Old City were closed in recent years as a result of high municipal taxes and a lack of customers. “Taxation is an ...

Assad’s leadership quickly descended into authoritarianism, marked by mass repression and a devastating civil war. This video ...

Wassim Assad, who had long appeared on US sanctions lists for supporting armed groups and financing the trade of Captagon, an ...