US former diplomats and foreign policy experts, including government officials, former US ambassadors, and MENA analysts say Tunisian President Kais Saied’s coup against democracy threatens the foundations of the US-Tunisia relationship The letter stressed that [ More … ]
In a joint statement, 19 human rights organizations have called on the Biden administration to stop economic aids and arms sales to Egypt, as long as the government continues to perpetrate egregious human rights violations. [ More … ]
Some observers say the U.S. president’s ‘democracy’ gathering is another failed move to restore America’s global image How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? In [ More … ]
Only Iraq and Israel out of all Middle East countries, only Iraq from Arab counties, were invited to attend U.S. president’s recent summit on democracy. What does this say about democracy in the Middle East [ More … ]
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 … ]
Former Member of Parliament Dr. Dardery has recently sent a letter to President Biden against the execution of innocents in Egypt after Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld their death sentences Dr. Abdul Mawgood Dardery, former [ More … ]
Erdogan told his US counterpart Joe Biden that Turkey will not backtrack on acquisition of Russian S-400 air defenses, or F-35s. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his US counterpart this week that Ankara will [ More … ]
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and the Palestinian territories poured onto the streets to celebrate the ceasefire, waving flags and flashing ‘V’ signs for victory. ‘This is the first time the Sword of Jerusalem [Palestinian [ More … ]
Several Palestinians killed in new wave of Israeli raids on Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue attacks ‘as long as necessary’!! Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day with air [ More … ]
US President Joe Biden’s U-turn on ending US support for offensive operations in Yemen earlier this week with the resumption of arms sale to the UAE has been condemned as a “disastrous” move by Human Rights Watch [ More … ]
Amnesty International’s MENA advocacy director has called on US President Joe Biden to denounce human rights in Egypt and demand change. “Tens of thousands of people have been swept up and detained in Egypt, and [ More … ]
Blinken says human rights, transparency and accountability are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy while releasing the Human Rights Report 2020 In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken [ More … ]
The small Gulf country reduces its role in Yemen, Libya to focus on economy, where its muscular foreign policy since Arab Spring exposed it to risks, according to a report published by Bloomberg The United [ More … ]
President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detailing the disappearance and murder of prominent journalist Jamal [ More … ]
With elections looming in both states, and hardliners out to ensure the collapse of the 2015 deal, time is running short for the US president to save it, states a report by the Guardian. For [ More … ]
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