The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) that has endured fierce crackdown since 2013 overthrow of Egypt’s first democratic President Mohamed Morsi, has announced it rejects “struggle for power”, reported Reuters, citing Mr. Ibrahim Munir, the group’s deputy [ More … ]
The question is; Does Sisi need more powers?! The powers would include the right to suspend the school and university year, to postpone payment of utility bills and taxes, and to quarantine returning expats, Ahram [ More … ]
The US Congress has passed a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s power to wage war or take military action against Iran. The House of Representatives joined the Senate in the move by voting 227 to [ More … ]
Egypt’s strongman repeats Hosni Mubarak’s errors, to everyone’s peril. Several years ago, in Cairo, I asked Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to name Hosni Mubarak’s biggest mistake. “He stayed in power for a long time,” Egypt’s sixth [ More … ]
By : Middle East Observer Staff The last days in the rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia have witnessed an unprecedented political earthquake, others prefer to describe it as “Tsunami”. Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman has [ More … ]
The Israeli security cabinet has approved a 40 percent reduction in Israel’s electricity supply to the besieged Gaza Strip upon PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ request, where Palestinians are already coping with a crippling power crisis [ More … ]
The besieged Gaza Strip is currently receiving less than half of the electricity it needs, Gaza power authority deputy chief Thafer Melhem said on Wednesday. In an interview with the official channel Palestine TV, Melhem [ More … ]
Turkish energy officials’ visit to the Gaza Strip was crucial to show Turkey’s solidarity to the Palestinians in their plight to solve the major power outage problem, the Palestinian Ambassador to Ankara has said, reported [ More … ]
By: Mohammed Al-Minshawi* No other country is comparable to Turkey in its geo-strategic importance to the United States’ interests around the world. Also, no other country, except for the U.S., can provide for Turkey what [ More … ]
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