Category: Middle East
![Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 Tawakkol Karman](https://thearabposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_353295995-400x400.jpg)
Facebook Oversight: Now British MP joins protest against appointment of Brotherhood sympathizer
- By Roshan Amiri
- . June 1, 2020
The much talked about Facebook’s Oversight Board has run into controversy for appointing a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer……
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US: WHO who? Washington break ties with WHO
- By Alaina
- . May 30, 2020
On Friday during a press briefing at the White House, US President Donald Trump, declared that the country would disassociating itself from the World Health Organisation…..
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UN is urged not to withdraw their peacekeeping forces from Sudan
- By Alaina
- . May 29, 2020
As Sudan prepares for a new UN ‘political mission’ that will help the country take its first steps into elections, government formation and a new constitution, the prospect of UN peacekeeping force’s….
![Kashmiri masked protester waving flags during clashes in Nowhattah Srinagar after Friday prayers on 21st December 2018](https://thearabposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Custom-dimensions-780x450-px-32-400x400.jpeg)
Amidst COVID19 chaos, ISIS tries to make a comeback
- By Alaina
- . May 27, 2020
This week, Iraq’s state news agency reported that counter-terrorism forces have killed ISIS’ ‘Governor of Iraq’ Moataz Numan Al-Jubori during an airstrike in Syria….
Virtual currency boosts business in Middle East, paces up the economy
- By Sulaiman
- . May 27, 2020
Rain, the first licensed cryptocurrency exchange in Middle East that was launched in 2017 holds the market of digital currency…..
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Corona Pandemic: UN officials warn of alarming situation in Yemen
- By Alaina
- . May 23, 2020
While most of the Gulf countries are reeling under the COVID-pandemic, one country which is worst affected by the disease is war-torn Yemen…
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Corona Crisis – Kuwaiti Lawmaker calls for remittance tax to plug-in wealth drain
- By Roshan Amiri
- . May 20, 2020
As countries try to revive their economy after months of lockdown since the outbreak of coronavirus, there is a tendency to look more inwards and become self-reliant….
![If not urgently addressed, billions of locusts will blitz through large parts of the Arabian Peninsula, affecting agriculture and causing large-scale starvation.](https://thearabposts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Custom-dimensions-780x450-px-26-400x400.jpeg)
As Tunisia shut down Al-Zaytouna TV, Al-Jazeera employs journalists and commentors of terror
- By Alaina
- . May 19, 2020
As the world battles a new plague in the form of the novel coronavirus, another old one is shaping up to affect large swathes of
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Iran’s Supreme Leader warns US of expulsion from the region
- By Alaina
- . May 18, 2020
In an increasing war of words, Iran, yesterday, warned that the US would be expelled from Iraq and Syria…
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Kavala case: It is time for the EU to take concrete action against the Turkish regime
- By Alaina
- . May 15, 2020
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (WTO) have condemned the repression suffered by the Algerian protest movement “Hirak”