Category: Middle East

Protests on streets of Lebanon demand economic relief, President calls for the protest to end
- By Alaina
- . March 9, 2021
Lebanon’s politics had no definity when it came to governance and strategies for people and all that the authorities at this point can think of

Turkey: HDP leaders say preparations in place for plan B and C if court forces party to shut down
- By Alaina
- . March 6, 2021
On Friday, the members of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said that they had preparations in place to propagate their ideology and cause through

France announces a draft resolution against Iran to the IAEA, confirming the “connection” between Paris and Washington
- By Alaina
- . March 3, 2021
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday that Europeans will submit a draft resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency condemning Iran’s suspension

Saudi Arabia “completely rejects” the US assessment of Khashoggi’s murder
- By Alaina
- . February 27, 2021
Saudi Arabia “completely rejects” the US assessment of Khashoggi’s murder. The report notes that the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, approved the

First Joe Biden’s airstrike kills 17 Iran-backed militiamen in Syria
- By Alaina
- . February 26, 2021
On Thursday, the United States carried out an airstrike, the first since Joe Biden administration took office, against a facility linked to a pro-Iranian militia

Jamal Khashoggi: Washington blames Saudi prince MBS for murder and publishes the CIA report
- By Alaina
- . February 25, 2021
A phone call and the publication of a report hitherto kept secret, in two moves the White House closes the era of Mohammed Bin Salman’s

UN expert accuses Iran of lying about the downing of Ukrainian plane in 2020
- By Alaina
- . February 24, 2021
A UN expert accused the Islamic Republic of Iran of spreading lies about mistakes made in January 2020, which led to the downing of a

Syria authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus
- By Alaina
- . February 23, 2021
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
- By Alaina
- . February 22, 2021
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
- By Alaina
- . February 20, 2021
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,