Category: Middle East

Elections in Iraq, but weapons and money still dominate the scene
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 8, 2021
Iraq–It is election time in Iraq, a country still divided. There are many unknowns, starting from the will of the main political groups to contribute

COVID Lockdown: Saudi Arabia works to tide over economic challenge from the pandemic
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 6, 2021
Israel– A coordinated operation in collaboration between the Mossad intelligence services and the Cyprus Intelligence Service (KIP) last week led to the arrest by the

How Lebanon Politicians Have Justified Their Offshore Money Investments
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 5, 2021
Lebanon– As the Pandora papers investigation opens the can of worms, Lebanese politicians have been discovered to have more offshore companies in the world than

World Bank alerts Yemen as famine-like conditions have rebounded in 3 governorates
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 4, 2021
Yemen– According to the World Bank, Yemen has been suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. War, locust attack, famine, flash floods and then

Voting for Legislative Elections began in Qatar
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 2, 2021
Qatar– Voting began today in Qatar for state’s first legislative elections for two-thirds of the advisory Shura Council. During the voting, a domestic debate was

Israel’s FM Yair Lapid makes historic visit to Bahrain, meets crown prince Salman Khalifa
- By Roshan Amiri
- . September 30, 2021
Bahrain–On Thursday, Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid reached Bahrain, marking a historical and official highest-level Israeli visit to the Gulf state. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani,

Russia bombs allied Turkish troops in Syria
- By Roshan Amiri
- . September 29, 2021
Syria– Russian jets bombed a military base of Al-Hamza Division, a group affiliated with the Turkish-backed National Army, in the village of Barad in Afrin,

Israel to the UN General Assembly: “Iran nuclear program has crossed all red lines”
- By Alaina
- . September 28, 2021
Israel_ Israel is a beacon of light and freedom, and supporting it is a moral choice. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday in his

Archaeologists’ discover mosaics in Turkey
- By Raven Ruma
- . September 27, 2021
The assembly of over 3,000 stones was unearthed in the remains of a 15th century BC Hittite temple, 700 years before the oldest known mosaics

Iran Plays Hard To Get On Negotiating Table With Washington
- By Roshan Amiri
- . September 25, 2021
Iran is in no mood to take a stand over its nuclear deal and this is somehow frustrating for Washington. The frustration over Tehran’s indecisiveness