Category: Middle East

Turkish President Erdogan converts another historic church into mosque
- By Alaina
- . August 24, 2020
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the reconversion of a historic Byzantine church into a mosque. The presidential decree on the issue was published in

Israel continues retaliatory bombing in Gaza
- By Alaina
- . August 21, 2020
Hamas targets have been under fire from Israel for more than a week in response to relentless fire balloon attacks from Gaza. Warning that Hamas

Yemen On Its Way To Implement Riyadh Agreement
- By Roshan Amiri
- . August 19, 2020
Yemen is now trying to establish a stable government that can get its economy back on track and do away with the Houthi control over

Lebanon approves state of emergency; rights groups raise concerns over threat to freedom
- By Alaina
- . August 17, 2020
Lebanese Parliament on Thursday approved a state of emergency in the aftermath of widespread protests across the country against the mishandling of national affairs by

Can France create change in Lebanon?
- By Alaina
- . August 13, 2020
France has stepped up with aid and comfort after the deadly blast in Beirut but how much change can it really usher in? Just two

Iran approaches UN on plane interception
- By Alaina
- . August 8, 2020
Tehran is calling on the international body to hold the United States responsible for an incident last month when fighter jets intercepted an Iranian passenger

Aid eludes a Lebanon in crisis
- By Alaina
- . August 2, 2020
With the country reeling under the worst economic crisis in decades, Lebanon remains dogged by sanctions and lack of aid. The international community maintains that

JCPOA: Biden assures of compliance from its end until Tehran revokes
- By Raven Ruma
- . July 29, 2020
Tensions escalate between the US and Iran as Tehran fired a missile destroying US mock aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian missile

Muted Eid in Lebanon as it battles a triple threat
- By Alaina
- . July 28, 2020
Lebanon is in the middle of an economic spiral; some of the worst times it is facing since the end of the civil war three decades ago…
Egypt’s homeless children worst hit by COVID19 pandemic
- By Alaina
- . July 24, 2020
By some estimates, there are around 16,000 children and young adults on the streets in Egypt, a number that UNICEF considers a massive underestimation….