Today's News Photos


The Israeli occupation destruction of the border area between Palestine and Egypt in Rafah resembled the 1948 Catastrophe when 1.3 million Palestinians became stateless and about a million of them became homeless refugees. About 300 of the Rafah homes were destroyed by the ruthless Israeli occupation forces leaving about 1,500 of the camp residents homeless again (Assafir, 10/13/03).


A Palestinian woman carrying some of the clothes and bed covers she could salvage from her home, which was destroyed during Israeli occupation raid on the Rafah refugee camp (Al-Khaleej, 10/13/03).


An overview of the destruction left behind in the Rafah refugee camp as a result of the 3-day Israeli occupation aggression on the camp. Hundreds of houses were destroyed during the raid, about 8 people were killed and scores were injured. (Alhayat Aljadedah, 10/13/03).


UN representative, Peter Hansen, examining the destruction inflicted on the Rafah refugee camp by Israeli occupation forces during their 3-day aggression there. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


An overview of the scene of the car suicide bomb that targeted the Baghdad Hotel on Sunday. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


An Iraqi guard moments after the car suicide bomb in Baghdad. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


Survivors of the Bali explosions together with relatives and friends of the victims observing the first anniversary in Bali yesterday. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


About 3 million Shi'a pilgrims came to Karbala to celebrate the anniversary of the Imam Mahdi who disappeared when he was five and the Shi'a are waiting for his return to lead the world. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


The Egyptian father, Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim, playing with his twin sons, Muhammed and Ahmed, who went through a successful separation surgery in Dallas, Texas. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


A Malaysian woman passing by a poster showing the flags of the 57 countries participating in the summit conference of the Islamic countries. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt meeting with the Head of the Commission of the European Union, Romano Prodi, in Cairo yesterday. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).


King Muhammed VI of Morocco announcing major changes in marriage laws aiming at empowering women. (Alquds Alarabi, 10/13/03).


An Israeli occupation soldier arresting a Palestinian at a checkpoint near Ramallah. Arrests happen for any reason or no reason. Other Palestinians are waiting to be allowed to pass the checkpoint. They could be arrested too for any reason the Israeli soldier decides. (Assafir, 10/14/03).


Members of a Palestinian family sitting on the rubble of their home in Rafah, which was destroyed by Israeli occupation forces during their brutal raid on the refugee camp on Oct 9-11. (Al-Khaleej, 10/14/03).


An elderly Palestinian and his grandson sitting beside a tent donated to his family by the UN after their home was destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces which raided on the Rafah refugee camp in the weekend. (Assafir, 10/14/03).


Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Maher, meeting with the Palestinian Minister Yassir Abed Rabo and former Israeli Minister Youssi Belin. They discussed the Swiss Accord. (An Nahar, 10/14/03).


Malaysian Foreign Minister, Sayid Hamid El-Bar (left) and Syrian Foreign Minister, Farouk Al-Shara, in the OIC conference (Assafir, 10/14/03).


Three US soldiers were killed in Iraq yesterday (Alquds Alarabi, 10/14/03).


Three Iraqis arrested in Tikrit by US occupation soldiers and being transferred for interrogation in a US military base. (An Nahar, 10/14/03).


Turkish Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Elker Basbog, announced in a press conference that his troops will be positioned in Tikrit and Salahuddin in Iraq. (Assafir, 10/14/03).


Hassan Al-Turabi, the leader of the Islamic opposition in the Sudan, was released from prison yesterday and his party has been allowed to resume political participation following the agreement with southern rebels. (Assafir, 10/14/03).


Algerian President, Boutafliqa, and Indonesian President, Megawatit Sukarno-Putri, in the OIC conference in Malaysia. (Alquds Alarabi, 10/14/03).


Afghan demonstrators in Kabul protesting a decision to fire some of them from the Ministry of Defense. (Alquds Alarabi, 10/14/03).


A Malaysian woman passing by a poster showing the flags of the 57 countries participating in the summit conference of the Islamic countries. (An Nahar, 10/13/03).

Palestinian policemen search a vehicle in a bomb blast in the Gaza Strip October 15, 2003. The bomb ripped through a U.S. diplomatic convoy, killing three American security men. The attack was condemned by Palestinian organizations and government. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/ Reuters, 10/15/03).


Palestinian Ambassador to the U.N. Nasser al-Kidwa speaks to the Security Council in New York on October 14, 2003. The Palestinian told the Security Council that an Israeli plan to extend a security fence deep into the West Bank was a land grab aimed at colonization rather than an anti-terrorism measure. The US vetoed a resolution against the Israeli Fence (Chip East/ Reuters, 10/15/03).


Palestinian resistance members paraded in Rafah after the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces expressing determination to continue the struggle until independence.. (Bab, 10/15/03).


The Karbala Shi'a cleric, Muqtada Al-Sadr, demanded that the US announce a timetable to leave Iraq. (Al-Riyadh, 10/15/03).


US soldiers around the Turkish Embassy after the car bomb explosion that targeted the Embassy in protest to the Turkish decision to send troops to Iraq. (Alittihad, 10/15/03).


US soldiers aiming their guns in the background while two Iraqi policemen arresting an Iraqi man, who was shouting in support of the Iraqi President Saddam directly after the car bomb explosion in the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad. (An Nahar, 10/15/03).


Saudi Arabian demonstrators running away from the police who arrested 50 of them. The demonstration was organized to coincide with the first human rights conference in the country. Demonstrators demanded political rights (Assafir, 10/15/03).


Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Muhammed in Kuala Lumpur airport (Annahar, 10/15/03).


Muhammed Al-Basri, the Moroccan Arab Nationalism activist died yesterday after a long journey of struggle that linked Arabs on the Atlantic Ocean with Arabs in Egypt and Arabia. (Assafir, 10/15/03).

China's Long March CZ-2 F rocket carrying the manned spacecraft 'Shenzhou V' blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu October 15, 2003. China became the third country to put a man into orbit, as Yang Liwei, 38 (below), a Lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army, piloted the spacecraft. Photo by Xinhua via Reuters.

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