Another critical journalist arrested in Egypt
The US continues to provide $1.3 billion in annual military aid to the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on the grounds that it is a necessary to have the country as an ally in the [ More … ]
The US continues to provide $1.3 billion in annual military aid to the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on the grounds that it is a necessary to have the country as an ally in the [ More … ]
So far this year, more than 150 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia- the highest figure recorded by human rights groups for 20 years. Another 50 are said to be waiting for the capital [ More … ]
Germany’s parliament has approved the plan, put forward by Chancellor Angela Merkel, to join the military mission in Syria that is fighting the jihadist organisation Islamic State, IS. An overwhelming majority (445 votes in favour and 146 against) [ More … ]
A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub has killed 18 people, Egyptian security officials said. One of the officials said the attacker was an employee who had been fired from the nightclub in the [ More … ]
In a state of the nation speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Turkey will “more than once” regret shooting down the Russian bomber jet near the Syrian-Turkish border. Russian leader described the incident as a “treacherous [ More … ]
British war planes have carried out the first air strikes against the Islamic State, IS, in Syria, confirms the Ministry of Defence. The strikes targeted the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria, which is under IS control, [ More … ]
Turkey has challenged Russia to prove the claim that Turkey shot down a Russian war plane in order to protect turkish oil trade with Islamic State (IS). “If you allege something you should prove it,” [ More … ]
A 10-hour House of Commons debate will culminate in a vote on whether the UK should join the US, France, Russia and others bombing Islamic state targets in Raqqa, the group’s stronghold, and other areas. [ More … ]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that the operation to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada had begun, with 10,000 people due to depart for their new home by the end of [ More … ]
Israeli authorities report on Tuesday that two Palestinians attempted to stab an Israeli soldier and pedestrian in separate attacks near Jewish settlements on the West Bank. This comes the day after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu [ More … ]
The US president Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he expects a gradual shift in Russia’s strategy in Syria. “I think it is possible over the next several months that we both see a shift [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates has threatened to destabilise Tunisia after the country’s leadership turns out not to serve the interests of Abu Dhabi, a senior Tunisian source is telling the Middle East Eye. Algerian officials [ More … ]
Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of the Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. The verdict on the third suspect, a 31-year-old Israeli man, [ More … ]
In light of the EU’s recent jewish settlement labelling guidelines, Israel syas that it is suspending contact with EU officials involved in what they call peace efforts with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “ordered [ More … ]
Iran has changed the way in which it offers contracts to foreign energy companies in an attempt to attract up to $30bn of new investment. The terms of the new oil contracts will be more favourable to [ More … ]
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