Aus dem Netz

Anti-government marches in the city of Kazeroon against the Islamic fundamentalist regime ended in violence after Tehran forces reportedly killed two. 

Protesters took the streets over the governments plans to change the city’s boundaries, which aims to give more power to recently-elected MP Hossein Rezazadeh. 

Residents took to the streets in a bid to halt to move over the past few weeks, leading to stronger anti-government slogans and speeches to become more prominent.

Deutsches Knowhow in aller Welt ... Wundern täte es einen kaum, auch 2009 half Technologie von Siemens dem iranischen Regime bei Niederschlagung der damaligen Proteste:

A wave of Arabization started in the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria soon after its takeover by Arab rebel groups and Turkish forces, a process that continues to this day, according to evidence on the ground and statements from international organizations, including the United Nations.

Die jemenitische Gemeinde der Bahai lebt derzeit in Angst. «Viele haben ihre Häuser in der Stadt verlassen und sind entweder in umliegende Dörfer geflohen oder haben das Land verlassen», sagt Abdallah Yehia al-Olofi, ein Aktivist aus Sanaa und Fürsprecher der religiösen Minderheit in Jemen. Die Bahai hängen einer pazifistischen monotheistischen Glaubensrichtung an, welche Elemente verschiedener Religionen vereint und ihren Ursprung in Iran hat.

Die Haaretz berichtet von erstaunlichen Reaktionen in der arabischen Welt auf den israelischen Sieg im Eurovisions Contest:

Olaya, a woman from Morocco, wrote, “I’m in love with this song!” Another Moroccan even invited Barzilai to make a joint video with two Moroccan singers.

"Pakistan's parliament passed a landmark bill on Tuesday that gives the country's transgender citizens fundamental rights.

"This kind of development is not only unprecedented in Pakistani history, but it's one of the most progressive laws in the whole world."

After Iranian forces in Syria launched a rocket attack on Israeli army bases in the Golan Heights early Thursday, the IDF attacked more than 50 Iranian targets in Syria in "one of the greatest operations of the Israel Air Force in the past decade," IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis said. "It will take the Iranians a long time to rehabilitate."

Klartext. (Und sowohl in Teheran und Damaskus wissen sie, dass Israel meint, was es androht)

Über den Wahlkampf im kurdischen Nordirak schreibt Niqash:

Now that federal elections are approaching, it seems clear that the political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan are using this vote as a way to measure their own popularity - and that in turn might see certain parties advocating for a further delay in regional elections.

In Idlib, einer der letzten verbleibenden Gebiete in Nordwestyrien, die nicht unter Kontrolle des Assad-Regimes stehen übt die Türkei de facto die Kontrolle aus. Was das konkret für die Bewohner heißt, beschreibt ein Artikel in Middle East Eye:

After a ban on Telegram and a crackdown on recent protests, Iranians have sought new methods to express their anger towards the government. 

Iranians have begun writing notes on currency – putting protest notes in everybody’s pockets, according to images that have gone viral on social media a day after the country banned popular messaging platform Telegram. 

Die Kampagne STOP THE BOMB protestiert gegen die für den kommenden Montag geplante Einladung der “Islamischen Gemeinschaft der schiitischen Gemeinden” (IGS) in das Schloss Bellevue.

As someone who grew up in this country under the rule of Saddam, I have always been fascinated by the political discourse in post-2003 Iraq. Iraqi democracy is flawed and far from perfect. But it is extremely important to keep reminding people not to underestimate their relative ability to pick their leaders freely. Human memory is unfortunately short and especially for younger Iraqis who did not grow up in an ultimate autocracy, it becomes too easy to take for granted their relative capability of making a choice.

Hat Erdogan sich diesmal verrechnet? Gibt es, gerade wegen den hastig vorgezogenen Neuwahlen, plötzlich eine Chance für die Opposition?

Ja, meint Amberin Zaman in einem Beitrag für Al-Monitor: