The Republican-controlled Senate voted on Thursday to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen, and separately held Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing. The largely symbolic vote dealt a fresh warning to President Donald Trump, who has staunchly backed the Saudi regime in the face of intense global outrage that analysts say has left the kingdom diplomatically weakened…. Read more »
If any single event sums up the confusion, danger and enormous opportunity posed by the change sweeping across Ethiopia it was when dozens of armed soldiers marched on the office of Abiy Ahmed, the new prime minister, in October. As the troops moved closer, the government shut down the internet, leaving the capital awash with rumours but little information. It looked… Read more »
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Syrian Democratic Forces had secured Hajin, which is the last big town held by Islamic State group in its remaining pocket of territory east of the Euphrates River near the border with Iraq. “After a week of heavy fighting and air strikes, the SDF were able to kick IS group out of Hajin,” Rami… Read more »
Strange things happen to Nohad al-Shami. In 1993 her painting of St Charbel began oozing oil. Around the same time the long-dead saint appeared in her dreams. “I have come to operate on you,” he said. And so he did, curing her of hemiplegia (paralysis of half of the body), she claims. At the mountain-top monastery of Annaya, in north-west Lebanon,… Read more »
“Hope is the currency of the mediator,” says Martin Griffiths. If that is so, then the United Nations envoy to war-torn Yemen is spending liberally. As The Economist went to press, Mr Griffiths was wrapping up peace talks in Sweden, claiming progress on several fronts. The Houthi rebels and the government they pushed out in 2015 have agreed to exchange thousands of prisoners…. Read more »
The first article I read was about Egypt and their yellow vests. Egypt is stressing about all the uprisings that are going on in France. Frances yellow vest protests are now putting tension on Egypt’s government. Egypt is scared that their citizens are going to have another uprising on the anniversary of their last one that took place eight years… Read more »
My article this week was about Egypt and its sparking internal conflict, specifically the growing “yellow vest” movement. This movement initially started in France. These French people had started a grassroots citizens’ movement. This initially began over the rising of fuel prices and eco taxes, but has escalated dramatically and quickly since then. About a month or two ago, thousands… Read more »
Restrictions imposed to ward off France-style protests ahead of the anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising. An Egyptian prosecutor ordered the arrest of a lawyer after the publication of a picture of him wearing a yellow vest similar to those worn by protesters in France, a local rights activist said. The arrest came in the northern city of Alexandria as traders said… Read more »
BEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) — Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali confirmed on Wednesday that the Syrian government is offering facilities for refugees’ return to Syria. “The government is offering facilities to encourage refugees to return home. Even those who did not do the military service will not be forced to join,” the ambassador was quoted as saying… Read more »
The North African country hosted this week a major intergovernmental conference on migration. Marrakech, Morocco – Morocco’s treatment of sub-Saharan African migrants returned to the spotlight this week as the North African country hosted a two-day intergovernmental conference on migration. Leaders from 164 UN member states on Monday agreed to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) in Marrakech despite opposition and… Read more »
