BY: Yasin Aktay* It is indisputable that the sanctions those three Gulf countries and Egypt wish to implement on Qatar signal a dangerous course in which the mind, common sense and moderation are rapidly abandoned. [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are locked in a war of words as the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Sunni Arab neighbors enters its third week. “Emiratis, not Qataris, were among the [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign minister says, after holding talks in Qatar and Kuwait, ‘problem can’t be solved with embargoes and sanctions’. As the rift between Qatar and the Saudi-led bloc enters its second week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister [ More … ]
The Saudi-funded Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath TV has considered Morocco an ‘occupation state’ for the Sahara, which indicated a silent diplomatic crisis between Rabat and Riyadh against the backdrop of the Gulf-Qatar crisis. This coincided with a similar [ More … ]
After Israel decided to drastically cut electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip at the request at the Palestinian Authority (PA), UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory Robert Piper characterized the ever-worsening crisis in [ More … ]
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said the ongoing crisis between Gulf states was artificial. ‘It is a fabricated and artificial dispute,’ he said. “There is no crisis between two states, or a state and [ More … ]
In a report issued ahead of a United Nations meeting to discuss the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) released a report on [ More … ]
As the political and electricity crises in the Gaza Strip has continued to deepen, United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov released a statement on Wednesday calling for a [ More … ]
Instead of pressing countries which break conventions, EU hides behind solidarity to protect them, says Turkish Foreign Ministry. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Tuesday slammed top EU officials’ “short-sighted” statements on the crisis over EU countries’ recent [ More … ]
Nearly half of Yemen’s 22 governorates are officially rated as being in an emergency food situation In the midst of one of the world’s worst hunger crises, Yemen’s farmers urgently need support so they can [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* – The Struggle to Survive and Extend – Egypt … Where to? Introduction: Different Israeli media outlets have been dramatically shedding light on the economic, social, security and political situation [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* Strong and wise political leadership is needed to end self-destructive wars and conflicts in Muslim countries and protect them from external intervention and manipulations. A number of deep-rooted problems are ravaging the [ More … ]
Egypt is playing a mediating role in the Libyan crisis trying to resolve the conflict between Haftar and al-Serraj. The head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, [ More … ]
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