
MEO : Weekly Newsletter “21-27 February 2017”

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq and the UAE’s Foreign Minister have issued contradictory statements over the former’s fate in the country. Shafiq claimed on Wednesday to have been prevented from leaving the UAE after [ More … ]
Security concerns forced the UN to pause its aid operations this week in Iraq’s east Mosul as it is expected from the Islamic State to put up a tough fight in the western side Mosul, officials [ More … ]
The U.S. told Russia on Friday it will not set up a committee to enable joint targeting of militants in Syria until humanitarian aid begins to flow to the besieged city of Aleppo and other [ More … ]
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