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Home2018February

Month: February 2018

Egypt Latest News

“Zubeida”, A New Story Tells The Tragedy of Human Rights in Egypt

February 28, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

The BBC published last week a short documentary and report highlighting what it said were cases of enforced disappearances and torture carried out by security forces since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Sudan Filed an Official Complaint in the United Nations Against Egypt over Halayeb Dispute

February 28, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Sudan filed an official complaint to the UN Security Council, accusing the Egyptian government of  pursuing its plans to acquire the disputed area of Halayeb.  The Halayeb triangle, which lies on the border of Egypt and [ More … ]

Column

Post Afren, US-Turkey Ties .. Where to?

February 27, 2018 MEO Staff

    BY: Mohamed Abu Saada* Introduction                          The Syrian crisis has placed a great burden on Turkish President Erdogan and his aspirations, as well as on Turkey’s international relations, both at the regional and international levels. The [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Human Rights Watch urges Egypt to halt pre-election arrests

February 27, 2018 MEO Staff

Human Rights Watch sharply criticized Egyptian authorities on Monday for a series of “arbitrary” arrests of political opponents of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ahead of next month’s presidential election, which the watchdog considers “unfair”, reported Associated Press. [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Swap of Czech PKK suspects with PYD’s Muslum out of the question, Turkish justice minister says

February 27, 2018 MEO Staff

Justice ministry submits extradition request for ex-PYD leader Muslum from Czech Republic. PKK-affiliated PYD’s former leader Salih Muslum detained in Prague, Turkey expects extradition Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül rejected Thursday that Turkey and Czechia [ More … ]

Analysis

Khalifa Haftar, The General Who Wants to Rule Libya

February 27, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

He settled outside Washington D.C. and returned to Libya only as the revolt against Gaddafi was gathering pace. When Khalifa Haftar flew to Tunis in September, the veteran commander and possible future leader of Libya [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia Fires Top Army Chiefs in Military Shake-up

February 27, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Army chief of staff, ministers and top commanders of ground and air defence forces replaced, in series of royal decrees. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has fired his top military commanders and reshuffled his cabinet in [ More … ]

Column

Column: War, Migration and Poverty

February 26, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

 By: Zekeriya Kurşun War is not something normal. In history, neither a soldier nor a victorious commander has found war to be normal. Whatever the reason, war is, after all, playing with fire. Whether it be [ More … ]

Algeria

Turkey’s President to Start Africa Tour of Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali

February 26, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to go on a five-day official visit to four African countries starting Monday, Feb. 26. According to a statement released by the president’s office, Erdogan will hold talks [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Iran says attacks in Syria’s Ghouta will continue despite UN ceasefire

February 26, 2018 MEO Staff

Iran says it will target ‘terrorists’ not covered by latest UN ceasefire resolution Iran said attacks would continue on rebel-held areas near Damascus, where clashes were reported on Sunday between rebels and government forces despite [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: Choice between getting underground or dying in the street

February 24, 2018 MEO Staff

Syrian civilians are forced into makeshift underground shelters under the streets of Douma – above them is only death The mothers soothe their children as they huddle together in a dark, airless hole in the [ More … ]

Column

Can Sisi Preserve Stability In Egypt?

February 23, 2018 MEO Staff

Can Sisi Preserve Stability In Egypt As Warning Signs of Mistrust Rise? It’s not uncommon to hear Egyptians saying that the revolution failed – that it was hijacked by opportunists, while the true revolutionaries were [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi Defends the Gas Deal with Israel

February 22, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s al-Sisi defends the gas deal with Israel saying that to import gas from Israel will help make Egypt a regional hub for natural gas, defending a deal that has sparked controversy at home. “We [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Despite Al-Sisi’s Promises for Self-Sufficiency of Gas, Israel Signs $15 Billion Deal to Export Natural Gas to Egypt

February 21, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Media reports have revealed details of a $15 billion deal to export 64 billion cubic meters of natural gas over 10 years to Egypt. Bloomberg reported “A $15 billion deal to export Israeli gas to [ More … ]

Latest News

Pro-Assad Groups Withdraw from Syria’s Afrin after Warning Shots from Turkish Army

February 20, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Hours after the announcement of Syrian pro-government forces have entered Afrin to confront what state media called “aggression by the Turkish regime”, Anadolu agency said that Pro-regime groups, who tried to enter Syria’s Afrin to support [ More … ]

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