West Asia/ North Africa

Palestine’s flag waves in Jersey City

  On Nov. 15, the flag of Palestine waved in front of Jersey City’s City Hall, an important first step…

November 19, 2021

<span class="streamer">San Francisco State University: </span><br />Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi hails ‘win for pro-Palestinian movement’

Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, an associate professor at San Francisco State University, and Dr. Tomomi Kinukawa had scheduled an online open…

October 27, 2021

Oakland rally demands: ‘Free Julian Assange!’

Oakland, Calif. Oct. 23 — A broad coalition of antiwar and anti-imperialist groups converged here at the Grand Lake Theater,…

October 25, 2021

U.S. illegally extradites Venezuelan diplomat from Cabo Verde 

The Free Alex Saab Committee issued the following news release Oct. 18. For more see afgj.org/free-alex-saab. The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab…

October 21, 2021

Kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab speaks in court

Saab made the following statement in U.S. Federal Court in Miami on Oct. 16.  The statement is lightly edited.   My…

October 21, 2021

Rightist militia fires on demonstrators in Lebanon

Demonstrators at an unarmed march in southern Beirut Oct. 14 were fired on by snipers from the Lebanese Forces, a…

October 20, 2021

Iran, Syria challenge U.S. sanctions with solidarity shipments to Lebanon

A delivery of tankers of diesel fuel from Iran and Syria to sanctioned Lebanon is a historic breakthrough with both…

September 21, 2021

Palestinian prisoners recaptured: ‘This is not the time to despair’ 

On Sept. 6, millions around the world celebrated as news spread that six Palestinian political prisoners had liberated themselves from…

September 17, 2021

As occupation ends, U.S. lies to hide crimes

The bloody final week of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan is replaying Washington’s crimes of the past 20 years. A…

August 30, 2021