Specifically in the Gulf States, there has been increased talk in the science community of advancing tech that is related to space travel. In my opinion this movement within the Arab science community displays the speed at which these countries are progressing towards MDC status. Granted the majority of these countries have regions that are not so well endowed. Nonetheless… Read more »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Moroccan authorities of using excessive force against protesters in the eastern city of Jerada, following months of demonstrations over economic hardship. The rights group denounced the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force in a new report released on Monday after a series of protests that began after two brothers accidentally died inside a coal… Read more »
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned US-backed Kurdish forces he wouldn’t hesitate to use force to retake one-third of the country they currently control. Assad also warned in an interview with Russia Today on Thursday that the United States should learn the lesson of Iraq and remove its troops from Syria. “The only problem left in Syria is the SDF,” Assad… Read more »
Several Saudi military officers were wounded in an attack on a military base in the western city of Taif after gunmen killed a policeman and seized his weapons before attacking the facility. Two attackers exchanged gunfire with security forces at a National Guard facility in Taif, some 70km east of Mecca, after killing a police officer and stealing his weapons… Read more »
Israel launched a series of air raids on Palestinian positions in the besieged Gaza Strip, in what it said was in response to rocket fire from the enclave. Israeli warplanes hit at least 15 targets belonging to Hamas’ armed wing, the Al Qassam Brigades, the Israeli military said early on Sunday. There were no reports of injuries. The attacks targeted… Read more »
At least 46 migrants drowned when their boat sank off Tunisia’s southern coast while dozens of others were rescued by the coastguard. The rescue operation was ongoing, the defence ministry said on Sunday. “The coastguard and the navy continue their search with the support of a military plane,” the interior ministry said in a statement. The International Organisation for Migration… Read more »
The breach of Qatar News Agency (QNA) and the publication last year of fabricated statements attributed to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, can be attributed to a Saudi piracy cell, an Al Jazeera investigation has revealed. According to the investigation, which was broadcast on Sunday, the piracy cell worked from within a leading Saudi ministry… Read more »
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn for a second four-year term in office as the country faces major economic and security challenges. Sisi took the oath on Saturday in front of members of his government, after winning 97 percent of valid votes in the March presidential election. Sisi, who as army chief overthrew Egypt’s first freely elected president,… Read more »
Turkey and the United States agreed on a plan on the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters considered “terrorists” by Ankara from the northern Syrian city of Manbij. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, DC, on Monday. The two sides agreed on a joint work to… Read more »
Earlier this month the long-running battle between Israel and Iran in Syria reached a dramatic crescendo. What is believed to have been Iranian rocket-fire against Israeli army positions on the occupied Golan Heights (itself a response to earlier Israeli air attacks against an Iranian base in the country) prompted a major Israeli offensive. Israeli warplanes struck some 50 Iranian targets… Read more »