A new chapter in Egypt’s relations with Qatar began Friday (27 August 2021) with the first meeting in four years between Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, at the [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with the UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan late Monday in which the two discussed relations between Turkey and the Arab Gulf state. The United [ More … ]
Strikes on Yemen’s largest airbase Sunday killed and injured pro-government troops in the attack on Al-Anad airbase in the government-held southern province of Lahij. At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded on Sunday [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities on Sunday reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions. Passengers gathered since early morning to cross into and out of the Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. There [ More … ]
Turkey’s President Erdogan said calm should be restored in Kabul before Turkey makes its decision on the airport, adding there was a risk of getting “sucked in” to something that would be hard to explain [ More … ]
Months of increasing repression and arrests leave even those supporting the Palestinian Authority wondering if it is on the verge of collapse Middle East Eye has reported that while a Palestinian Authority insider last weekend [ More … ]
Amnesty International has said that waiving restrictions on US military assistance to Egypt risks America becoming complicit in human rights abuses. The statement made by the advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa [ More … ]
A human rights organization said yesterday that it was denied visit to the political prisoner Mohamed Ibrahim, known as “Oxygen” after his attempted suicide The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) on August 23 [ More … ]
An Egyptian NGO has warned that prisoners are at risk of skin diseases due to worsening conditions in the country’s prisons The Egyptian Network for Human Rights (ENHR), a Non Governmental Organization, has raised concerns [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) today accused Israel of violating international laws of war, after demolishing four multi-story buildings by air raids during its 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in May. The deadly bombardment killed [ More … ]
Two Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy shot in the head by Israeli forces, are in a critical condition. The Israeli military launched air raids on Gaza following clashes between its soldiers and Palestinian protesters during [ More … ]
Erdogan says Turkish contacts with UAE have made progress, Turkish president meets UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan for talks. Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, bitter rivals in the Middle [ More … ]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed on Friday that three million Yemeni children are unable to enroll in education this year due to the ongoing conflict in the country. Katharina Ritz, head [ More … ]
Reporters Without Borders called on Egypt on Thursday to release four Al Jazeera journalists immediately. Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) known as Reporters has called for the immediate release of an Al Jazeera journalist who was [ More … ]
Human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer, and blogger Mohamed Ibrahim “Oxygen” were brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) for questioning on August 17. This suggests that they could hopefully be [ More … ]
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