Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-03-24). On 10th Anniversary of the U.S.-NATO attack on Libya: Powerful perpetrators have yet to face justice. mronline.org Three Powerful American Women—Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice—Pushed Obama into Destroying the Wealthiest, Healthiest and Happiest Nation in Africa. | Newswire…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-24). Contract teachers on strike in Morocco. peoplesdispatch.org Students, civilians and teachers in Morocco have mobilized in solidarity with teachers hired through contracts who are protesting the failure of the government to respond to their demand for integration into the public sector and end of the precarization of their profession. | On Monday and Tuesday, March 22 and 23, thousands of students marched in different cities in Morocco after the National Coordination of "forcibly contracted teachers" met on Sunday and gave a call for a three-day national strike. The call for the strike followed the brutal repression of contract teachers' protest on March 15. | Students car…

Khaled Iskef (2021-03-24). Will Turkey Give Up and Bring Back the Syrian Militants from Libya? globalresearch.ca A security source in Tripoli said that all the Syrian mercenaries …

MEE correspondent (2021-03-24). Suez Canal: Egypt's race to unblock the passage. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Egypt's race to unblock the passage | Canal authority tells MEE it expects traffic to resume as normal soon as global prices of oil and shipping rise | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 32 | A part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egyptian authori…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | The container ship stranded in the Suez Canal is still grounded and canal authoriti…

Alex MacDonald (2021-03-24). Egypt's Suez Canal: Why does its closure matter? middleeasteye.net Egypt's Suez Canal: Why does its closure matter? | Grounding of massive container vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal once again highlights importance of shipping route | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 09: 40 | Undated photo of freighters passing through the Suez Canal (AFP) | The Suez Canal has played a major role in world affairs for many decades now. | Ownership of the canal has been an important symbol o…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt's Suez Canal blocked as tug boats work to free giant ship. middleeasteye.net Egypt's Suez Canal blocked as tug boats work to free giant ship | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | Eight tug boats were attempting on Wednesday to free a 400m-long containe…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt: Container ship blocks Suez Canal due to 'gust of wind'. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Container ship blocks Suez Canal due to 'gust of wind' | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | A giant container ship has ran aground in the Suez Canal after a gust of wi…

MEE staff (2021-03-24). Gunmen assassinate ICC-wanted commander in Libya's Benghazi. middleeasteye.net Gunmen assassinate ICC-wanted commander in Libya's Benghazi | Mahmoud al-Werfalli had been indicted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 17: 42 | Werfalli was a top commander in Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (AFP) | A prominent Libyan commander who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes was assassinated on Wednesday, local medi…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-23). Palestine reiterates commitment to cooperate with ICC war crimes probe. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki had his travel permit revoked by Israel after he met officials of the International Criminal Court. The chief prosecutor of the ICC had recently announced a probe into war crimes in Palestine…

_____ (2021-03-23). Sudan: The Second Wave Of Revolt. popularresistance.org The second wave of revolts in the Middle East and North Africa (the 'MENA' region) began in Sudan, in December 2018. This is interesting when looked at in the context of a decade of dissent in the region. A black African nation, Sudan is at the margins both geographically and metaphorically. And despite the consistent attempts of post-colonial Sudanese elites to promote Arab identity, the Arab world has remained ambivalent about the country. | Perhaps this is why, in the early days of the revolution, Sudan's protests gained little attention. Or perhaps the lack of interest was due to the general mood of defeat in…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-23). Sudan accepts UAE offer to mediate border and dam disputes with Ethiopia. middleeasteye.net Sudan accepts UAE offer to mediate border and dam disputes with Ethiopia | Tensions have been running high between the neighbours over dispute in Al-Fashqa region and huge dam on Nile River | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 20: 07 | Deadly conflict erupted in November in Ethiopia's Tigray region between federal and Tigray regional forces (AFP) | Sudan has accepted an offer by the United Arab Emirates (U…

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-03-23). Arabic press review: Tunisia 'secretly' exports 1,000 tons of couscous to Israel annually. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Tunisia 'secretly' exports 1,000 tons of couscous to Israel annually | Meanwhile, 200,000 expats have lost residency in Kuwait, Israel has allegedly been playing a role in organised crime, and Jordan sees price hikes ahead of Ramadan | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 11: 32 | Israelis shop at a supermarket in the city of Bnei Brak on 7 January 2021 (AFP) | Tunisian couscous finds its…

Nebojsa Malic (2021-03-23). 22 Years Ago: NATO's Illegal and Criminal Invasion of Yugoslavia. globalresearch.ca At the beginning of NATO's aggression, there were fewer dead, fewer refugees, less destruction, and more order than at any time since the beginning of the occupation. NATO has replaced a fabricated evil with a very real evil of its own.

Staff (2021-03-23). Headlines for March 23, 2021. democracynow.org Man with AR-15 Assault Rifle Kills 10 in Boulder, CO, Supermarket, Colorado Judge Overturned Boulder's Ban on Assault Weapons One Week Ahead of Massacre, CDC Warns Against Relaxing Public Health Measures at "Critical Point in the Pandemic", AstraZeneca Submitted "Outdated Information" in COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Application, WHO Decries "Grotesque" Vaccination Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations, Saudi Arabia Proposes Yemen Ceasefire; Houthis Demand End to Devastating Blockade First, Hundreds Missing, Tens of Thousands Displaced by Fire in Rohingya Refugee Camp, 137 Killed in Niger Attacks After Constitutiona…