Fatima Al Mahmoud gives a round-up of today’s trends.
Trending Middle East
Israel intensifies attacks in West Bank and Iraq approves law allowing girls to marry at 15 - Trending
This is Trending, your daily roundup of news headlines from the Middle East and beyond. From Abu Dhabi, this is Fatima Mahmoud, and here are today's trending topics. Israeli forces intensified their attacks on Janine Kamp in the occupied West Bank, killing at least 10 people and wounding others. The Israeli operation, titled "The Iron Wall", began just two days after a ceasefire, came into effect in Russia. Adok's Parliament has approved amendments to the country's personal status law that will allow girls as young as 15 to be married. The changes have sparked widespread protests and raised concerns about women's rights. They were also met with stark opposition from activists and human rights groups. Previously, the legal age of marriage under Adok's 1959 personal status law considered one of the most progressive family laws in the Middle East had been 18 for men and women. Turkey's Interior Minister has set the country is in deep pain after at least 66 people were killed in a fire at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a day of mourning to the tragedy that injured dozens more. Thank you for tuning in, this was Fati Obama-Mood, and make sure to come back tomorrow for another roundup of what's trending. (upbeat music)