As Israel Entrenches, Frustration With Hezbollah Turns to Support

From their hilltop village in southern Lebanon, gravediggers watched black smoke curl up from the opposing ridgeline. Just a mile away, Israeli forces were blowing up buildings on Lebanese land, under a newly planted Israeli flag. Days into Lebanon’s fragile cease-fire, its collapse already seemed inevitable. Israeli forces were entrenching their positions in the occupied…

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Dutch anti-immigration protest turns violent

Shorouk Express The violent protest triggered a backlash among Dutch officials from both the left and right. Dutch Justice Minister Foort van Oosten called violence against police “absolutely unacceptable.” “Demonstrating is a great thing in the Netherlands, but hands off our officers!” van Oosten wrote on social media. Far-right leader Geert Wilders also condemned the…

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Uzbekistan turns to KfW Bank for investment projects in several sectors

Shorouk Express TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 19. Uzbekistan aims to attract German Development Bank’s (KfW) technical and financial support for investment projects in healthcare, education, critical minerals, agriculture, and energy, Trend reports. The matter was reviewed at a meeting between Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade of Uzbekistan Laziz Kudratov and Director of the Eastern Europe,…

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