Category: Middle East

Iran announced two-day air defence drill in central desert area
- By Alaina
- . October 13, 2021
Iran– Displaying massive game of power, Iran announced yesterday that they have kicked off a two-day air defense drill in central desert area. The report

Afghanistan: The interpreter who helped Biden in 2008 is safe
- By Hashim Sheikh
- . October 12, 2021
Afghanistan– The Afghan interpreter, who thirteen years ago saved US President Joe Biden, then a senator, has been evacuated from Pakistan, forced by a snowstorm

Worst locust swarms in 25 years threaten the Middle East
- By Sulaiman
- . October 11, 2021
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 North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia…

Afghanistan: New ISIS attack on a mosque in Kunduz kills at least 100 people
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 9, 2021
Afghanistan–The attacks against the civilian population in Afghanistan, which have intensified since the takeover of the Taliban, do not stop, especially by the Islamic State

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,