2019-07-22: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-07-21). Moroccan Occupation Forces Kill Saharawi Woman, Injure Many. telesurenglish.net Moroccan occupation forces killed a young Saharawi woman and injured many others during the weekend for protesting Morocco's occupation of West Sahara. | RELATED: | 43 Years of 'Green March': Morocco's Occupation of West Sahara | The Saharawis took to the streets after Algeria won the African Cup of Nations to express their happiness when Morocc…

Sarah Abed (2019-07-21). Washington's Bully Tactics Have Failed to Persuade Tehran to Negotiate a New Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is in New York this week for high level talks at the UN. He has been confined to a six-block radius. It's not uncommon for Iranian diplomats along with envoys from North Korea, Syria …

teleSUR (2019-07-21). Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions Sunday as a U.K. official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. | RELATED: | Iran Releases Video Disproving US Claims of Downed Drone | Britain has called Iran's capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz Friday a "hostile act". | Br…

Staff (2019-07-18). "It Is Not Just War. It Is Life": Acclaimed Doc "For Sama" Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria. democracynow.org We look at the award-winning documentary feature titled "For Sama," a devastating account of war-torn Syria told through the eyes of director Waad al-Kateab. She filmed hundreds of hours of footage in her native Aleppo to create a stunning depiction of life during wartime. Amid airstrikes and attacks on hospitals, Waad falls in love with one of the last remaining doctors in Aleppo, gets married and has a baby girl, Sama, to whom the film is dedicated. When protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad first began in 2011, Waad al-Kateab was a young economics student who began filming on a cellphone. Fo…