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