The Biden administration is releasing nearly $200 million in military aid to Egypt but will hold back millions more over human rights concerns, the State Department said Tuesday in an announcement quickly criticized by rights [ More … ]
This move from the Biden administration is a compromise that may disappoint some activists but nonetheless is arguably more human-rights-friendly than in the past. The Biden administration has decided it will hold back some — [ More … ]
A growing US partisan divide over Israel-Palestine and a gap between public opinion and policymakers Most Americans and a significant majority of Democrats oppose unrestricted military aid to Israel if it continues to expand settlements in the occupied [ More … ]
About 600 families have been displaced by heavy rains and flooding in one week across Yemen, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) found that at least 596 [ More … ]
The impact of previous IMF-required economic reforms has been hardest on the poor in a country where one in three lives below the poverty line The Egyptian government is seeking an aid package from the [ More … ]
House Democrats sharply rebuked Egypt over its human rights record last Thursday, putting Cairo on a path to lose $300 million in military assistance this year. As part of a spending package for the rest [ More … ]
This weekend, Egypt’s court sentenced 75 people to death. The defendants are among more than 700 people accused of or already convicted of playing roles in a 2013 protest against the ouster of then-President Mohamed Morsi. [ More … ]
U.S Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to visit Egypt and Israel on Tuesday; but, his trip was postponed until next month. In fact, Pence’s visit follows the footsteps of countless American officials who have [ More … ]
UN says food and non-food aid delivered to 7,200 needy people, days after further aid deliveries in Eastern Ghouta A region besieged by government forces east of Syria’s capital on Sunday received UN aid for [ More … ]
Amid what the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs has described as a “frenetic Israeli campaign” against Palestinian authorities’ payment of allowances to Palestinian prisoners in Israel and their families, the committee published a list on [ More … ]
Turkey has prepared an aid cargo to ship to Yemen, where thousands of civilians lost their lives due to cholera, and thousands wait for medicine for treatment. Nearly 3 million people who were displaced due [ More … ]
Turkish Economy minister says Turkey will continue to help Qatar amid row between Gulf states Turkey will continue to help Qatar and plans to send the Gulf country another aid ship carrying 11 tons of [ More … ]
The Türkiye Diyanet Foundation (TDV) sent 1,500 packages of food aid Wednesday for the needy in Yemen’s Taiz province The Yemeni Association for Social Improvement and Prosperity will distribute the food aid, which was sent [ More … ]
The UN humanitarian chief says thousands of Syrians in at least 10 communities are facing suffering as the regime denies aid to the needy and pushes people in besieged cities. The United Nations humanitarian chief [ More … ]
The UN and top government officials from Switzerland and Sweden co-hosted the pledging conference with the aim of bridging a funding gap in the 2017 humanitarian appeal of $2.1 billion. Nearly $1.1 billion was raised [ More … ]
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