Sisi crushes spirit of Arab Spring in Egypt: Activists ‘opened the gates of hell’ Just two years ago, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi celebrated the Egyptian masses who launched the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, saying [ More … ]
The United States has chosen the wrong path in reimposing sanctions on Iran and will be defeated, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday, according to the Tasnim news agency. Washington reinstated sanctions targeting Iran’s oil [ More … ]
Prominent lawyer Hoda Abdelmonem and tens of others have gone missing for two weeks, prompting fears for their safety It has been two weeks since Hoda Abdelmonem, a prominent human rights lawyer, went missing in [ More … ]
Leaked tape alleges that an assault on activist Mariam al-Balushi was ordered by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Female activist complains of beating in Emirati prison A rights group has released audio that it [ More … ]
Jeremy Hunt will attempt to encourage Saudi authorities to cooperate with Turkish investigation The UK foreign secretary is flying to Saudi Arabia to request that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cooperates more fully [ More … ]
Israeli settlers prevented the entry of dozens of truckloads of basic supplies and fuel, on Sunday, into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli settlers blocked [ More … ]
Leaders from across the world gathered in Paris to mark Nov. 11 Armistice Day. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump chatted for a while on Saturday during a dinner hosted [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay At the beginning of the last week, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar visited Libya, Sudan, and Somalia on a four day trip. He was joined by Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler, Libya special [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* We have entered a new phase in the Iran issue (actually in the U.S.’s dance with Iran). In reality, the Obama administration took the nuclear program of Iran under control to some extent [ More … ]
NSA whistleblower claims Pegasus spyware was used to track slain Saudi journalist Software made by an Israeli cyber security firm was used to track murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor [ More … ]
Gulf states are asserting themselves more than ever, and that’s a problem for the U.S. Three years ago, then Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter attributed Iran’s growing dominance to its being “in the game, on [ More … ]
In CNN interview, sons call their father ‘courageous, generous and very brave,’ and say they have endured weeks of anguish since his killing The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi appealed over CNN television for the return [ More … ]
Ground, air and naval units from five Arab nations are arriving in Egypt to join their Egyptian counterparts for war games, according to the Egyptian military, in the first sign that a military alliance proposed by [ More … ]
The United States on Friday removed two top Turkish officials from the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions list, according to the Treasury Department website. The United States had imposed sanctions on the officials, Justice Minister Abdulhamit [ More … ]
The Trump administration is announcing the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the sanctions are “aimed at fundamentally altering [ More … ]
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