Bahraini opposition groups have said they reject a decision by the Gulf state to normalize relations with Israel, with a leading Shi’ite cleric on Sunday calling on the region’s people to resist, Reuters reports. Cleric [ More … ]
An airliner carrying Israeli and US delegations to the UAE on Monday flew over Saudi Arabia as the first publicly acknowledged entry of an Israeli plane into Saudi air space, reported Reuters. Israel’s flag carrier El [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Sudan today, Tuesday, as part of a regional tour to urge Arab states to normalize ties with Israel despite widespread opposition. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Sudan on [ More … ]
Israel has announced that it would allow Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions, according to Reuters. Israel today, Sunday, 26 January 2020, announced that it would permit [ More … ]
Egypt and Israel enjoy close military collaboration, agree on the need to block Iran and sign gas deals. But the gap between cooperation between governments and complete normalization is still large Egypt’s Urgent Matters Court [ More … ]
Egypt’s al-Sisi defends the gas deal with Israel saying that to import gas from Israel will help make Egypt a regional hub for natural gas, defending a deal that has sparked controversy at home. “We [ More … ]
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi received the head of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) Ronald Lauder in Cairo on Tuesday, presidential spokesman Alaa Youssef said in a statement, according to al-Ahram newspaper, an Egyptian state-owned newspaper. In the [ More … ]
A “highly classified” press release by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was published by WikiLeaks, reveals the level of rapprochement between Riyadh and Tel Aviv. Saudi Arabia initiated discussions on the issue of [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and Israel are in talks to establish economic ties, a dramatic move that would put the Jewish state on a path to normal relations with the bastion of Sunni Islam and guardian of [ More … ]
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says German cabinet will decide Wednesday on withdrawing troops from air base in Turkey German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Tuesday he did not expect a rapid normalization of ties [ More … ]
BY: BERIL DEDEOĞLU* All players in Iraq and Syria should take a step back to reach a solution to stop the bloodshed in the two war-torn countries Relations between Ankara and the Iraqi government have been [ More … ]
The 43rd anniversary of Egypt’s victory over Israel on the 6th of October War in 1973 came amid a shift in the political discourse and practice where yesterday’s enemy turned to today’s friend, according to [ More … ]
BY: FAHRETTIN ALTUN* Turkish-Russian relations can simply be defined as the normalization of relations and rapprochement between two states after the downing of the Russian jet in Turkey This week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit [ More … ]
– Berlin hopes normalization of ties between Ankara and Moscow would accelerate peace efforts in Syria – Germany has voiced support for rapprochement between Turkey and Russia following the nine-month strain in ties after the [ More … ]
During an hour of questions in the Israeli Knesset, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said “Egypt is the most important and serious ally we have in the Middle East and among Arab states.” When Yoel [ More … ]
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