An Egyptian Islamist father and his son have been detained unlawfully since 2013 as part of the political persecution of ex-aides to deposed president Mohamed Morsi, and should be freed immediately and compensated, UN human [ More … ]
Journalists and human rights defenders say Lebanese popular uprising has prompted the Palestinian Authority to stifle free speech The Palestinian Authority has blocked 59 Palestinian news websites and social media pages, following a request by [ More … ]
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed issues warning over Renaissance Dam PM Abiy said his country could ready millions if there is a need to go to war over the dam project opposed by Egypt. Ethiopia‘s prime minister [ More … ]
After talks with Putin, Erdogan says Kurdish fighters will withdraw 30km (19 miles) from the frontier within 150 hours. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a deal has been reached with Russia for Kurdish fighters to withdraw [ More … ]
Egypt’s GDP has risen by 5.5 percent, with inflation declining to 11.3 percent. Nevertheless, the Egyptian people have not benefited from this positive trend and have grown increasingly frustrated in recent years. It is clear [ More … ]
The U.S. has started withdrawal from military bases in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah to northern Iraq. The move comes following a recent troop pullout from the cities of Raqqah, Ayn Al-Arab (Kobani) and [ More … ]
Sunday saw street rallies swell again, with thousands streaming into central Beirut and other locations across the country. Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets for a fourth day on Sunday to protest [ More … ]
Turkey will continue its anti-terror operation in northeast Syria if an agreement with the United States to pause the operation and allow the withdrawal of People’s Protection Units (YPG) terrorists is not fully implemented, Turkish [ More … ]
After a lawyer, his wife, and his brother were arrested from a café in Damanhour, a city in Lower Egypt, his mother and two sisters were also arrested after enquiring about his whereabouts. According to [ More … ]
A letter penned by U.S. President Donald Trump, thought by many to be a prank, received harsh criticism for bizarre language and disregard for diplomatic conventions. The letter was sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip [ More … ]
How has the UAE maintained its privileged status in Washington? In short, the UAE has a vast and immensely influential lobbying and public relations campaign in America that has allowed the monarchy to exert considerable [ More … ]
Esraa Abdel Fattah was detained on Saturday, October 12 by plainclothes police officers and the following morning another journalist Mostafa al-Khatib was also arrested. These arrests came after Italian journalist Francesca Borri was detained on [ More … ]
Designation follows Trump’s pledge to issue executive order authorizing possible imposition of sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday on two Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over Turkey’s anti-terror operation in northeastern [ More … ]
Kais Saiid is Tunisia new president, He won in the runoff election by landscape The one country you can see the Arab spring still hanging on 75% of voters chose Saiid, a low-profile law professor [ More … ]
Riyadh moves into city’s airport and military bases in an attempt to end confrontation between Hadi and UAE-backed separatistsSaudi Arabia’s armed forces have taken control of the southern Yemeni port of Aden, in an attempt [ More … ]
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