The US and Europe raise concerns about the escalation in Libya after reports of Russian mercenaries on the ground! Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised [ More … ]
Unity of Islamic world is crucial in solving the Muslim communities’ problems and the quadripartite summit with Malaysia, Qatar and Iran shows the intention to achieve that end, Erdogan said Turkey will continue its cooperation [ More … ]
One year after protests broke out in Sudan over soaring bread prices, celebrations are planned across the country today to mark the uprising that brought down Omar Al-Bashir. A year ago, on 19 December 2018, [ More … ]
The UAE hired a US lobbying firm to convince Senators to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to the Anadolu Agency . The news agency said it had obtained an email sent by Charles Johnson, a [ More … ]
With failures to fully address the root causes of Yemen’s conflict, fighting has continued, and Hodeida still remains the country’s most dangerous area. The UN-sponsored peace deal in Stockholm in December 2018 to end fighting [ More … ]
An email seen by Anadolu reveals a US-based firm called on legislators to impose sanctions on Turkey over Syria operation. A lobbying firm working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been trying [ More … ]
President postpones talks which were expected to result in Saad Hariri being named as next prime minister. Beirut, Lebanon – The nomination of Lebanon’s next prime minister has been postponed after major Christian parties said they [ More … ]
UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council said, according to the Irish Times. The former Irish Naval Service patrol ship, the LÉ Aisling, was sold to one of the participants in [ More … ]
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another three years amid misconduct allegations and a cash shortfall triggered by a halt in US [ More … ]
Few days ago, Libyan Field Martial Khalifa Haftar had announced a “decisive battle” for the capital Tripoli, eight months after he launched an offensive to wrest it from the unity government. “Zero hour has come [ More … ]
Electoral body says preliminary results show ex-premier Abdelmadjid Tebboune took 58 percent of the vote in heavily boycotted poll Algeria’s electoral body said on Friday that former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune had won Thursday’s presidential [ More … ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes the Armenian genocide century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between [ More … ]
Sisi Calls for International Interference with #Ethiopian_Dam Negotiations! Analysts said Egypt’s position is extremely weak… who put #Egypt in this critical situation?!
The United Arab Emirates has been hiring former White House executives and intelligence officials for spying missions, according to a report by Reuters on Tuesday. Following the 11 September attacks, the former American counterterrorism czar, [ More … ]
The dispute with Ethiopia over control of the Nile is emblematic of the Egyptian president’s short-sightedness, and it’s a consistent pattern. Yesterday in Washington, officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met to discuss the ongoing [ More … ]
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