- 10 January, 2025
US Special Envoy to Visit Yemen for Comprehensive Peace Process
The US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, will visit the Gulf on Monday to advance the ongoing UN-led efforts to expand truce and launch
Lebanon’s Top Christian Cleric Calls for State Control Over Weapons
Recent violence between Christian peasants and the heavily armed Hezbollah militia took a dark turn in Lebanon’s protracted quest for security. The deadly conflict highlights
Pompeo: Biden’s $6B Iran Deal Could Fuel Terrorism, Hostage-Taking
President Joe Biden’s decision to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds as part of an agreement to secure the release of five US citizens who
Abbas Initiates Shake-Up in West Bank Governance Amidst Unpopularity
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has removed most of the West Bank governors in a momentous step meant to address growing resentments
Over 50% of Arabs in Levant & N.Africa Want to Emigrate
Research shows that more than half of young Arabs in North Africa and the Levant are trying to leave their home countries or are thinking
UN Warns That Iraq’s Water Crisis Could Have Regional Effects
The United Nations‘ top human rights official has warned that Iraq’s water crisis could have far-reaching effects on the region as a whole. Volker Türk,
Horrible! Sudanese Women On a Desert Journey After Being Deported From Tunisia
Tafaul Omar, a Sudanese nurse, sat in the blazing desert sun with 14 other migrants who claimed they had been detained by Tunisian authorities and
US Deploys Warships and Troops to the Red Sea in Response to Iranian Threats to Shipping
The United States has taken decisive action by deploying two warships and more than 3,000 sailors and Marines to the Red Sea in a forceful
Iraq Demands US and UK Extradite ex-Officials Named in $2.5bn Corruption Scandal
On Sunday, Iraq demanded that the US and the UK extradite former officials who are alleged to have assisted in the theft of $2.5 billion
Syria’s al-Qaeda-linked group denies it was behind the killing of an ISIS leader
The main insurgent Al-Qaeda-linked group of the Syrian Arab Republic has denied its involvement in the execution of an ISIS leader in the country’s northwest.