Civilians in Erbin, one of Eastern Ghouta’s besieged communities, live with no water, electricity or public services. Eastern Ghouta, in northern Damascus suburbs, has been partially besieged by the Syrian government since 2013. It has [ More … ]
All Egyptian electricity lines feeding the southern Gaza Strip reportedly broke down on Monday evening, creating further shortages for the besieged Palestinian territory, which has already been suffering from severe electricity crises. Before the [ More … ]
A rocket was reportedly fired from the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening and landed in an open area in southern Israel. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an on Thursday morning that a “projectile was [ More … ]
Damage caused by heavy rain forced all schools in the besieged Gaza Strip to close on Thursday, local sources said. The head of emergency committee of Gaza City, Saad al-Din al-Atbash, said that crews were [ More … ]
At least two Palestinians were killed in tunnels in the besieged Gaza Strip, sources said on Monday. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said that one of its fighters, [ More … ]
Turkish energy officials’ visit to the Gaza Strip was crucial to show Turkey’s solidarity to the Palestinians in their plight to solve the major power outage problem, the Palestinian Ambassador to Ankara has said, reported [ More … ]
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