Law professor Ali Mourad discovered Israel had dynamited his family’s south Lebanon home through a video sent to his phone. The footage shows simultaneous explosions destroying buildings in the village of Aitroun, where Mourad’s 83-year-old father, a paediatrician, had his medical practice. Israel’s destruction of homes in border villages has been condemned as a war crime by Lebanon’s National Human Rights Commission.
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Syria’s new constitution gives sweeping powers, ignores minority rights
Syria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands, establishing a presidential-type regime without a prime minister, and granting him the authority to appoint key officials and influence the judiciary. The declaration, following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, lacks protections for minorities, leading to concerns from experts about the potential for a shift towards an Islamic Republic and the exclusion of minority rights. Kurds have protested against the document, advocating for fair...
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