Long before the ‘Abraham Accords’, Abu Dhabi was investing in the US and developing an intensive lobbying strategy in Washington. Eva Thiebaud, an independent journalist discusses a new report by Colin Powers in a recent [ More … ]
US President Joe Biden’s U-turn on ending US support for offensive operations in Yemen earlier this week with the resumption of arms sale to the UAE has been condemned as a “disastrous” move by Human Rights Watch [ More … ]
Blinken says human rights, transparency and accountability are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy while releasing the Human Rights Report 2020 In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken [ More … ]
With elections looming in both states, and hardliners out to ensure the collapse of the 2015 deal, time is running short for the US president to save it, states a report by the Guardian. For [ More … ]
A recent op-ed of The Washington Post criticizes the US State Department’s approval of a $197 million sale of naval surface-to-air missiles to the Sisi regime, while ignoring Cairo’s human rights bad record. Since taking [ More … ]
US State Department says Washington is open to a possible meeting to ‘discuss a diplomatic way forward’ about Iran’s nuclear program The United States has said it would accept a European invitation to engage in [ More … ]
Egyptian security forces raided the homes of six relatives of an outspoken Egyptian American activist, arresting and imprisoning two cousins in defiance of calls by the Biden administration for the Egyptian government to improve its [ More … ]
US secretary of state decries killing of Jamal Khashoggi as ‘abhorrent’, and says administration is reviewing blacklisting of Yemen’s Houthis US Secretary of State Antony Blinken decried the “abhorrent” murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and suggested [ More … ]
Qatar has reiterated its readiness to mediate between Iran and the United States days after newly elected President Joe Biden took office “Qatar is ready to mediate between Iran and the United States as the [ More … ]
Chevron Corp. and other companies helping to develop Israel’s natural gas fields will invest around $235 million in pipelines to export the fuel to Egypt. Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. One of the [ More … ]
David Schenker’s visit comes ahead of the expected opening of provisional US consulate in the contested desert region. A top United States envoy has visited contested Western Sahara after Washington recognized Morocco’s sovereignty there in [ More … ]
Erdogan questions US’ NATO alliance with Turkey, condemns sanctions over S-400s [ More … ]
Prominent American actress urges Egyptian authorities to release activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EiPR) in a video posted on the group’s YouTube channel Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has called on Egyptian authorities to free [ More … ]
Sudan has apparently told the US that it will not normalize relations with Israel until Washington removes the African country from the list of states which “sponsor” terrorism, the New York Times has reported. The [ More … ]
Leaders of the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Libya congratulated Biden, while Saudi Arabia and Syria have not yet released statements. Leaders of the Arab world congratulated US presidential election [ More … ]
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