Monthly Archives: October 2017

A recent warming of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq could signal a move away from Iran’s influence over Baghdad, analysts say, but with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arriving on Wednesday in Tehran, that remains to be seen. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia and Iraq inaugurated a coordination committee and signed a number of agreements. The developments come after years of tension between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Al-Abadi visited… Read more »

International rights organisations have gathered in the French capital to highlight Egypt’s human rights abuses, as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is set to arrive for a two-day visit. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters without Borders and the France-based International Federation for Human Rights were among the groups scheduled to speak at a news conference in Paris on Monday. In a statement, Human… Read more »

Tunis, Tunisia – In 2004, Sakher el-Materi bought a Tunis car dealership called Ennakl that specialised in importing foreign cars. Soon after he took over the company, quotas set by his father-in-law, then President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, allowed the dealership to import almost four times as many cars as before. Five years after he bought the company for $18m, it… Read more »

Although he was hardly seen during the election campaign season in Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika recently won another presidential term, extending his 15 years in power. Despite frail health of the president, Algeria has managed to retain relative stability in an increasingly unstable neighbourhood. It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that Turkey is interested in closer relations. Historical ties… Read more »

State intelligence is secret by its very nature but every now and then extraordinary historical circumstances shed light on the hidden world of secret services. When Muammar Gaddafi’s regime fell and rebels ransacked government offices, they discovered a treasure trove of classified correspondence between Libya and the West. It revealed in stunning detail the interaction between the dictator and British… Read more »

Source: The New York Times Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/world/middleeast/palestinians-fatah-hamas-gaza.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGaza%20Strip&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection

Source: The New York Times Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/world/middleeast/palestinians-us-egypt-israel.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGaza%20Strip&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

Source: Al-jazeera Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/issues-derail-fatah-hamas-deal-171017185321599.html

Source: Al-jazeera Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/expansion-gaza-fishing-zone-pointless-pr-stunt-171019094044827.html