Syma Mohammed

6 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was granted bail in a hearing in federal court in Vermont on Thursday, a blow to the Trump administration, which had placed her in deportation proceedings. Judge William Sessions III, who presided over her case, said that the Turkish national's continued detention could not stand, and “bail was necessary to make the habeas remedy effective”.

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Tufts University PhD candidate Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont in a blow to the Trump administration. Ozturk was detained by immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents on 25 March. She is one of several foreign students in the US on legal visas who have been arrested by the Trump administration in its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices.

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

The Irish minister for foreign affairs and trade, as well as for defence, is the latest European official to condemn Israel’s plans to expand its war on Gaza in a statement released on X on Monday. Simon Harris said the expansion of Israeli operations in Gaza was “alarming” and “would result in further deaths, casualties and untold suffering for the Palestinian population who already face a dire humanitarian situation”.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

While speaking at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on the situation in the Middle East Tuesday in New York, UN secretary general Guterres said “the promise of a two-State solution is at risk of dwindling to the point of disappearance" and urged the international community that they have "a responsibility to prevent perpetual occupation and violence”.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Syma Mohammed

At least four people have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack on a factory east of Jabalia in northern Gaza, Wafa news agency reported on MondayAmbulance crews were able to retrieve one body that was near the factory according but had to retreat before they could retrieve the other three bodies after they came under quadcopter fire according to local sources.