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’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 … ]
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 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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