Category: Middle East
UN official urges Security Council to focus on South Sudan
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 19, 2020
A series of intercommunal fighting and flooding has severely impacted various areas of South Sudan since 2019. It has resulted in massive destruction of livelihoods
UK lawmakers question Saudi regime over mysterious case of missing princes and dissenters
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 18, 2020
UK and European lawmakers questioned Saudi Arabia over unlawful detention of many Saudi princes, especially Mohammed bin Nayef was taken into custody in 2017 on
UK MPs call for proscribing Iran’s IRGC as terrorist group
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 16, 2020
A report by the UK’s all-party foreign affairs select committee has recommended the British government to take steps to officially designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran’s Javad Zarif: ‘U.S. sanctions on Turkey are contempt of International Law’
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 16, 2020
On Tuesday, Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif denounced the forced sanctions on neighboring Turkey by the United States government over its purchase of Russia’s S-400
Turkey confirms Kidnapping of former ASMLA leader Habib Chaab
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 15, 2020
Former ASMLA leader Habib Chaab has been abducted by Turkish intelligence in Istanbul, where he was illegally smuggled to Iran. Habib was captured by Iranian
UN court orders life sentence to Hezbollah militant for the assassination of Lebanese premier Hariri
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 12, 2020
On Friday, an UN-backed court gave a life sentence to a Hezbollah member, who was convicted for the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.
Lebanese PM-designate Hariri unveils his cabinet line-up, weeks before Macron’s visit
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 10, 2020
On Wednesday, Lebanon Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri presented his cabinet line-up to President Michel Aoun, with an attempt to break the deadlock. Hariri’s cabinet included
Macron and Al-Sisi discuss cooperation, regional issues to boost bilateral relations
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 9, 2020
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has met with his French ally, Emmanuel Macron, to talk and boost bilateral ties and the association between France and
Netanyahu plans Official visit to Egypt
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 4, 2020
According to Maariv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly planning an official visit to Egypt. Netanyahu went on an unannounced trip to Saudi Arabia
The European Union tries to save the nuclear deal with Iran
- By Omar Haddad
- . December 3, 2020
The European Union Vice-president and Foreign Affairs High Representative, Joseph Borrell, announced Wednesday that the EU is preparing for a meeting of ministers of State