Israel Rearrests Former Palestinian Prisoner - West Bank

Israel Rearrests Former Palestinian Prisoner - West Bank

In this file photo dates on January 25, 2025, Mahdi Akkas, recently freed in a prisoner exchange, speaks to the media in Qalqilya, West Bank. He was rearrested by Israeli forces during a raid on his home in Qalqilya on May 22, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Rearrests Former Palestinian Prisoner - West Bank

Israel Rearrests Former Palestinian Prisoner - West Bank

In this file photo dates on January 25, 2025, Mahdi Akkas, recently freed in a prisoner exchange, speaks to the media in Qalqilya, West Bank. He was rearrested by Israeli forces during a raid on his home in Qalqilya on May 22, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sacrificial animals become financial burden for Turks as Eid al-Adha approaches

STORY: Sacrificial animals become financial burden for Turks as Eid al-Adha approaches DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:13 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a sacrificial animal market in Ankara 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BATTAL AKKAS, Cattle farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): RAMAZAN TOGA, Customer at a sacrificial animal market STORYLINE: The Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is approaching. However, sacrificing a sheep or a cow has become a financial burden for cash-strapped Turks. Prices have doubled or even tripled as Türkiye is witnessing staggering inflation in the past two-and-a-half years. In a sacrificial animal market on the outskirts of the capital city of Ankara, breeders and customers alike complained about the soaring cost of living. Battal Akkas came to the fair from the northern province of Amasya to sell his Simmental cows. The cost of animal feed has quadrupled while the amount he pays to drive his livestock to Ankara has tri