Category: Middle East

Erdogan confirms testing S-400 surface-to-air missile system, brushing aside US warnings
- By Alaina
- . October 25, 2020
In a press briefing on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the testing of S-400, Russian surface-to-air missile system and clarified Ankara’s stand of

Saad Hariri renamed as Lebanon’s Prime Minister
- By Alaina
- . October 23, 2020
Saad Hariri has been renamed as the Prime Minister of Lebanon for the fourth time, a year after his resignation from the post amid mass

Emails threatening US voters allegedly sent by Iran
- By Alaina
- . October 22, 2020
US officials have said that Iran is behind a flurry of intimidating emails that have been sent out to Democratic voters asking them to vote

US elections: How would Trump VS Biden affect Middle East
- By Alaina
- . October 21, 2020
Americans are going to choose their next president on November 3 and the results of the 2020 US elections are certainly going to have big

Damascus attacks the European Council
- By Alaina
- . October 16, 2020
Syria strongly condemned the European Council statement on the extension for another year of sanctions imposed on certain Syrian institutions and individuals under the pretext

COVID-19 exacerbated crises for many Middle East economies
- By Alaina
- . October 15, 2020
With the onset of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, governments launched rapid measures to contain the spread of the virus

Lebanon, Israel attempt to resolve maritime border dispute
- By Alaina
- . October 15, 2020
The two nations, though technically at war, sat down to negotiate a long-pending maritime border dispute. Insisting that this is not about normalising ties but

Turkey at it again, redeploys energy exploration vessels triggering tension in Mediterranean waters
- By Alaina
- . October 13, 2020
Turkey has gone back on its word and triggered tensions in the contested Mediterranean waters near Greece. Ankara redeployed its energy vessel Oruç Reis, a

Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a ceasefire
- By Alaina
- . October 10, 2020
The Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov announced that the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to start substantial negotiations to arrive as soon as

Greece and Turkey foreign ministers meet to ease Mediterranean exploration crisis
- By Alaina
- . October 9, 2020
On Thursday, foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey met on the sidelines of the Globsec Forum in Bratislava. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, held a