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 … ]
The European Union said the new U.S. peace plan for the Middle East broke with “internationally agreed parameters”, and any Israeli annexation of Palestinian land would be subject to challenge. Meanwhile, the Organization of Islamic [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump finally unveiled his ‘Middle East Peace Plan’ on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, during a media conference in Washington, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood by his side. The entire document, [ More … ]
Former US president, Jimmy Carter, announced on Friday that current US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” breaches international law, CNN and other international agencies reported. According to Carter, Trump’s deal “breaches international law [ More … ]
According to documents released by the White House, the economic aspect of Donald Trump’s peace plan between Palestine and Israel includes granting $9 billion to Egypt, half of which is in the form of soft [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will speak in the United Nations Security Council in the next two weeks about the U.S. Middle East peace plan, Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday. Mansour told reporters [ More … ]
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that Trump’s “peace plan” is meant as a distraction while he is currently on trial in the Senate on abuse of power charges Palestinian officials have condemned US President [ More … ]
Iran fires more than a dozen rockets at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad military base and targets Erbil facility. Iran has launched a series of missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq, days after the United States assassinated top Iranian [ More … ]
US president says sites ‘will be hit very fast and very hard’ if Iran takes revenge for Soleimani assassination US President Donald Trump threatened that 52 “high level” Iranian targets “will be hit very fast” [ More … ]
Iran’s Qassem Soleimani killed in US air raid at Baghdad airport Pre-dawn raid also killed Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a major escalation of regional tensions. Khamenei warns of harsh revenge Iran’s Supreme [ More … ]
The US and Europe raise concerns about the escalation in Libya after reports of Russian mercenaries on the ground! Turkey’s parliament on Saturday approved a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised [ More … ]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes the Armenian genocide century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between [ More … ]
U.S. officials appealed to a renegade Libyan commander in recent talks to forgo what they said would be a destructive offensive into the capital, Tripoli, a senior official said, signaling the Trump administration’s heightened focus [ More … ]
Washington may impose sanctions on Egypt under a US law that targets purchases of military equipment from Russia. According to Reuters, The United States could impose sanctions on Egypt and block it from future military sales if [ More … ]
The two leaders are meeting against a backdrop of strained diplomatic and military ties between Ankara and Washington. by Ben Piven AL JAZEERA NEWS Fresh on the heels of yet another crisis point in an [ More … ]
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