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Home2017September

Month: September 2017

Iraq Latest News

US will not recognize Iraq-Kurdish independence referendum

September 30, 2017 MEO Staff

The United States on Friday said it “does not recognize” the Iraqi-Kurdish referendum on independence, calling on all parties to reject the use of force and engage in dialogue. The United States on Friday said [ More … ]

Libya Latest News

Libya threatens to seize NGO migrant rescue boats

September 29, 2017 MEO Staff

Libya’s navy threatens to seize activists’ boats on migrant rescue missions if they enter its waters unauthorized, following a run-in on Wednesday with a German vessel carrying 52 migrants. Libya’s navy warned it will seize [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

An Emirati academic predicts an imminent Kurdish state, not only in Iraq

September 27, 2017 MEO Staff

Abdul Khaleq Abdulla, an Emirati academic close to the government, said the establishment of a Kurdish state is imminent. Abdul-Khaleq Abdulla published a map on Twitter showing what he said will be the future state [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia lifts controversial ban on women driving in the kingdom

September 27, 2017 MEO Staff

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will end its ban on women driving in the kingdom in a royal decree. The new law is expected to begin in June. Saudi Arabia will allow women to [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Iran blocks Iraqi-Kurdistan flights on eve of controversial referendum

September 24, 2017 MEO Staff

Tehran has imposed a ban on flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdish region and Iran in response to ‘the insistence’ of Kurdish leaders in going ahead with the independence referendum. Iran said on Sunday that [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Muslim Brotherhood’s former supreme guide ‘Akef’ dies in prison at 89

September 22, 2017 MEO Staff

The Muslim Brotherhood’s former supreme guide Mahdi Akef died in prison on Friday (Sept. 22) at the age of 89 due to medical negligence. After four years of suffering from cancer in prison without receiving [ More … ]

Analysis

Is Barzani throwing the Kurds into fire?

September 22, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

  BY : Zekeriya Kurşun* On the morning of Sept. 26, there won’t be a new Kurdish state, a new Kurdish republic. Neither will the century-old dreams of Kurds come true as Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President [ More … ]

Analysis

Analysis : A Reading in Egypt’s Development Plan 2017/2018

September 21, 2017 MEO Staff

    By: Abdel-Hafez Al-Sawi* Planning is not a dream in the void. However, one of the initial steps of proper planning is to know the correct data about resources and needs. Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi urges Palestinians under occupation to ‘coexist’ with Israelis

September 20, 2017 MEO Staff

Speaking a day after his first public meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Al-Sisi urged Palestinians to be “ready to co-exist” with Israelis in his UN speech. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday said [ More … ]

Analysis

Column : The need to turn over a new leaf

September 20, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

  BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* If Turkey-U.S. relations are intended to head for a fresh start rather than a collapse, Washington must revise its Middle East policies, especially the leftovers from the Obama administration on Syria, Iraq [ More … ]

Column

Column : Reform call at the UN

September 20, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

 BY: Yasin Aktay* The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York City, U.S. today. At the meeting, leaders of the UN member states will address the General Assembly concerning global problems. [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi meets Netanyahu at UN in first public talks

September 19, 2017 MEO Staff

Al-Sisi met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in New York on Monday to discuss the Middle East peace process in the first ever public meeting between the two leaders. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]

Turkish forces
Column

Column: Turkey’s Complicated Calculations about Idlib

September 18, 2017 MEO Staff

    Dr. Said Al-Haj* Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution in 2011 and over the past six years, the Turkish position from the Syrian issue has evolved and changed according to three factors: [ More … ]

Infograph

Middle East ( Round One )

September 18, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

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