A US official report states that the Saudi-led coalition’s deadly attacks from 2015-2021 used jets and munitions largely supplied and maintained by the United States According to the New York Times which saw the US [ More … ]
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), Egypt’s state grain buyer, bought 350k tons of wheat from France, Russia, and Bulgaria in its first concluded tender since war broke out in Europe’s breadbasket, Bloomberg reported. [ More … ]
The present stalemate over oil production offers U.S. policymakers an opportunity to rethink the future course of US-Saudi bilateral relationship In recent weeks, as Western sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine have roiled [ More … ]
Egypt to introduce new austerity measures as the war between Russia and Ukraine wrecks its economy Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, economists fear new austerity policies will exacerbate suffering of millions of Egyptians already hit by [ More … ]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cost Egypt about 955 million dollars in wheat import bills as wheat prices hit record highs. Egypt imports roughly 70 per cent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine and [ More … ]
At a time when all world countries are making unremitting efforts to evacuate their nationals in light of the latest developments of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the beginning of the intensive Russian invasion of Ukrainian [ More … ]
The United Nations Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on Thursday met with the Saudi Deputy Defense Minister, Khalid Bin Salman Al-Saud, in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, where they discussed ways to end the [ More … ]
Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg assumes his duties amid a stalled peace process and intense fighting around the city of Marib The new UN special envoy for Yemen said on Friday the country was [ More … ]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed on Friday that three million Yemeni children are unable to enroll in education this year due to the ongoing conflict in the country. Katharina Ritz, head [ More … ]
Italian authorities previously blocked arms exports to the Gulf states over fears they would be used to kill civilians in YemenItaly lifted a ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [ More … ]
While most Islamic and Arab as well as other states strongly condemned Israeli atrocities against civilians in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine, Abu Dhabi adopted a low-key approach toward the latest round of Israeli violence [ More … ]
Displaced families are weary as battle for Marib threatens to uproot them again. Four million Yemenis are now homeless, but many won’t move again unless the fighting reaches their camps Hadi Salah and his family [ More … ]
It is crucial that Washington and the international community work together to find a political solution in Yemen that appeases local actors while also restraining Saudi and Emirati influence in the country Six years after [ More … ]
The United Nations has once again warned of millions of men, women and children in war-torn Yemen are facing famine as it issued yet another appeal for more money to prevent it. “We are on [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Syria-Russia alliance of committing possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians in rebel-held Idlib province and called for sanctions against top military officials. In a [ More … ]
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