Category: Middle East
Jamal Khashoggi: Washington blames Saudi prince MBS for murder and publishes the CIA report
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 25, 2021
A phone call and the publication of a report hitherto kept secret, in two moves the White House closes the era of Mohammed Bin Salman’s
UN expert accuses Iran of lying about the downing of Ukrainian plane in 2020
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 24, 2021
A UN expert accused the Islamic Republic of Iran of spreading lies about mistakes made in January 2020, which led to the downing of a
Syria authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 23, 2021
The Syrian embassy in Moscow announced on Monday that Syria has authorized the use of the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V against Covid-19 on its territory. “The
IAEA reaches a last-minute deal that could save the future of US-Iran nuclear talks
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 22, 2021
The Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), returned to Vienna from Iran last night with a last-minute deal that
NATO expands its training mission in Iraq from five hundred to four thousand soldiers
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 20, 2021
NATO expands the training mission in Iraq. The current contingent of five hundred men will gradually rise to four thousand. The purpose of the maneuver,
Kuwait, emir postpones the National Assembly sessions by one month
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 19, 2021
A statement shared via Twitter by the Kuwaiti government said that the emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has issued a decree to postpone the
Yemeni government worries over cancellation of Houthi classification as terror group
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 18, 2021
Last week, US administration announced that it would be lifting terrorist designation of Al-Houthis, the Iran-backed extremist outfit. The rebel Yemeni organisation was earlier added
Iraq, international coalition confirms one person was killed and 5 others injured by missile attacks on a US base in Erbil
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 16, 2021
Security sources belonging to the Kurdish forces of the Peshmerga announced on Monday evening, February 15, 2021, that at least three mortar bombs landed near
Turkey slams killing of 13 Turks by Kurdish militant group, vouches for revenge
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 15, 2021
On Sunday, Turkey reported the killing of its intelligence officials and military personnels by the militant fighters of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). As per the
Relations between Turkey and the United States are at a dead end with Joe Biden
- By Omar Haddad
- . February 14, 2021
The new US president Joe Biden started his mandate by taking a public harder line on Turkey, with analysts awaiting a rugged path ahead between