Category: Middle East
Syria authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus
The Syrian embassy in Moscow announced on Monday that Syria has authorized the use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V against Covid-19 on its territory. “The
IAEA reaches a last-minute deal that could save the future of US-Iran nuclear talks
The Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), returned to Vienna from Iran last night with a last-minute deal that
NATO expands its training mission in Iraq from five hundred to four thousand soldiers
NATO expands the training mission in Iraq. The current contingent of five hundred men will gradually rise to four thousand. The purpose of the maneuver,
Kuwait, emir postpones the National Assembly sessions by one month
A statement shared via Twitter by the Kuwaiti government said that the emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has issued a decree to postpone the
Yemeni government worries over cancellation of Houthi classification as terror group
Last week, US administration announced that it would be lifting terrorist designation of Al-Houthis, the Iran-backed extremist outfit. The rebel Yemeni organisation was earlier added
Iraq, international coalition confirms one person was killed and 5 others injured by missile attacks on a US base in Erbil
Security sources belonging to the Kurdish forces of the Peshmerga announced on Monday evening, February 15, 2021, that at least three mortar bombs landed near
Turkey slams killing of 13 Turks by Kurdish militant group, vouches for revenge
On Sunday, Turkey reported the killing of its intelligence officials and military personnels by the militant fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). As per the
Relations between Turkey and the United States are at a dead end with Joe Biden
The new US president Joe Biden started his mandate by taking a public harder line on Turkey, with analysts awaiting a rugged path ahead between
Iranian nuclear power, AIEA: “Tehran closer to the atomic bomb acquisition”
Tensions are rising after the latest news on the escalation of uranium enrichment and the ever-closer acquisition of the atomic bomb by the ayatollahs. A
Saudi Arabia releases women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul
After a thousand days in prison, Loujain al-Hathloul is free. Human rights activist, 31, Loujain has become known around the world for campaigning for the