Category: Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s oil cut rejects Biden’s outreach
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 7, 2022
The failure of one of President Joe Biden’s greatest and most embarrassing foreign policy bets—a fist-bump with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, the crown prince
Iran Schoolgirls Remove Hijabs and Shout Slogans Amid Anti-Hijab Protests
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 6, 2022
Iranian schoolgirls have joined nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging rallies in defiance of a crackdown
Saudi Arabia wins bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM Megacity
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 5, 2022
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf
Iran protests: Supreme leader blames the unrest on the US and Israel
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 4, 2022
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, has blamed the United States and Israel for the anti-government protests sweeping
Refiners expect Saudi to raise oil prices for Asia in November
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 3, 2022
In reaction to signals of improving crude demand in one of its main markets and the fresh round of fuel export restrictions announced by Beijing,
Expel Iran from the World Cup: Women’s rights group writes to FIFA
- By Fatima Saif
- . October 1, 2022
Women’s rights group Open Stadiums has written to FIFA, an international governing body of association football, to expel the Islamic Republic of Iran from the
Jordan Gets Another Hefty Aid Package From Saudi Arabia
- By Khalid Al Mansoor
- . September 30, 2022
The Islamic Development Bank has now decided to lend Jordan a sum of $200million to fill its empty grain silos. Further, the bank will also
Iran arrests ex-president Rafsanjani’s daughter for ‘inciting protests’
- By Khalid Al Mansoor
- . September 29, 2022
The Islamic Republic of Iran has arrested the daughter of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for inciting protests in the country. According to the Tasnim news
Crumbling Democratic Show In Iran As Journalists Attacked In Anti Regime Protests
- By Khalid Al Mansoor
- . September 27, 2022
The death toll is rising in Iran as people and even media professionals are losing their lives protesting or condemning the death of the young
Iran’s Guard strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq
- By Khalid Al Mansoor
- . September 27, 2022
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard unleashed a wave of drone strikes and artillery on Kurdish areas in northern Iraq, the latest of several attacks in the