August 28, 2022

The death toll from ravaging monsoon floods in Pakistan crossed 1,000 as several countries, including Qatar and Iran, pledged emergency support in the wake of a deluge described as a “humanitarian disaster of epic proportions”. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/28/pakistan-monsoon-flooding-death-toll-tops-1000

Satellite imagery shows massive destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria that was targeted by a recent Israeli air attack. The bombing blew up a depot housing hundreds of medium-range missiles for Iran-backed fighters in the country last week, according to the head of a Syrian opposition war monitor. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/28/israel-targeted-missile-facility-in-syria-war-monitor

Last month, and coinciding with United States President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem, the Haifa-based Adalah Legal Center released a report detailing how land designated for a planned US embassy was actually owned by Palestinians before it was stolen by Israel following the Nakba of 1948. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/8/28/tracking-down-the-house-israel-stole-from-my-grandfather