Under pressure from the Trump administration, Egypt released Reem Desouky, an art teacher from who was jailed over a Facebook page critical of Sisi. A Pennsylvania teacher, held in an Egyptian prison for nearly 10 [ More … ]
The Trump administration is starting to repair ties with NATO ally Turkey, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday, without acknowledging Washington still pursued some policies that have been the focus of tension. [ More … ]
US authorities charged on Friday a long-wanted alleged Hezballah financier extradited by Morocco with violating US terror-related sanctions. US authorities arrested a long-wanted alleged Hezballah financier Friday on charges of violating US terror-related sanctions, after [ More … ]
– Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz met on Thursday in Jeddah with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, according to Anadolu Agency. Talks tackled bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region, the SPA [ More … ]
The U.S. State Department advised the American citizens to avoid Gaza and limit travel to the West Bank after a Palestinian rocket attack led to Israeli bombings in Gaza. In a travel warning issued Tuesday, [ More … ]
By: KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT* Apart from U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford’s visit to Turkey following the failed coup attempt, the first high-level visit from the U.S. to Turkey is [ More … ]
A bipartisan group of Senators is moving to block the $1.15 billion sale of US tanks to Saudi Arabia, citing concerns over human rights and the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Riyadh has requested new tanks [ More … ]
Plan to transplant illegal West Bank settlement of Amona to nearby Palestinian land angers Washington Washington opposes Israel’s plan to move the outpost of Amona to land that belongs to Palestinians who were forced by [ More … ]
By: Ragip Soylu* – Washington came to its senses after weeks of unreasonable statements on the failed coup in Turkey. Pentagon and U.S. intelligence officials last week greatly hurt their country’s respectability by expressing their [ More … ]
By: Merve Şebnem* – The democracy advocate, the U.S., waited on the night of July 15 to see who would win. In the emergency message, the U.S.’s Ankara Embassy published addressing its citizens, it described [ More … ]
Egypt would possibly be the new residence for the ‘parallel state’ organization (FETO) of Fetullah Gulen, the one responsible for the failed coup attempt in Turkey last July, through receiving the remnants of the organization [ More … ]
The Government of General Accord (GNA) -known as the UN-backed government-announced the starting of US airstrikes against the Islamic State in Sirte. Fayez al-Serraj, who heads the Western-backed unity government, said in a video statement that [ More … ]
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned U.S. ambassador in Doha, Dana Shell Smith, over a video that emerged of U.S. troops who appear to be making disparaging comments about Qatar. In a statement, the ministry [ More … ]
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