An attack on Saudi Arabia that shut 5% of global crude output triggered the biggest surge in oil prices since 1991, after U.S. officials blamed Iran and President Donald Trump said Washington was “locked and [ More … ]
Flights are part of first phase implementations of safe zone in eastern Euphrates, says Turkish National Defense Ministry Turkish National Defense Ministry on Thursday announced that two Turkish and two U.S. helicopters conducted a joint [ More … ]
Confidential UAE document reveals Mohammed bin Salman is concerned the journalist’s murder could become a heavily debated topic during the upcoming US election The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman is determined to [ More … ]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Sunday defended the economic boycott of Israel as a freedom of speech movement that’s “pushing back against racist policies in Israel.” Last week, 398 House members overwhelmingly passed a resolution to [ More … ]
Sanctions target two Lebanese lawmakers and a top aide to Hassan Nasrallah The United States has imposed sanctions on Hezbollah political officials, including members of the Lebanese parliament, accusing the group of threatening the “economic [ More … ]
Turkey is face-to-face with a millennium-old showdown. It is under the threat of those who want to avenge the conquest of Istanbul, those who want to avenge Manzikert – which paved the way to the [ More … ]
After weeks of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, national security adviser John Bolton’s visit to Abu Dhabi this week signaled that there isn’t an easy way out of the dispute that Trump’s [ More … ]
Turkey has purchased the S-400 missiles. So, what now? Is the US going to attack us? What sort of a threat is this? What are you preparing for? – asks Ibrahim Karagul “If you buy [ More … ]
The constitutional change paving the way for coup-plotter Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who took hostage his own country and people with armed forces, to physically preside over the Egyptian people until 2030 has been completed with no [ More … ]
The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of American sanctions against a storied and influential Islamist political movement with millions [ More … ]
Egypt has reportedly decided to pull out of a U.S.-led effort to create an initiative with key Arab allies, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Egypt had announced its decision [ More … ]
One day before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to the White House, senators from both parties sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday urging him to address “the erosion of [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has arrested at least eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn condemnation from abroad, an associate and a rights group [ More … ]
Another six months cannot pass without accountability for this abhorrent crime, says The Washington Post Six months after the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. President Donald Trump has still done nothing to hold [ More … ]
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing the chances of a clash in the region. Addressing the Munich [ More … ]
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