This week, my article was on the internal conflict and civil war in Yemen. Government representatives from the Houthi rebellion and representatives from Yemen were supposed to meet face to face to discuss their conflict and issues. The Houthi, or Sa’dah War, is a current on going rebellion in Yemen. It’s a military rebellion that’s targets is and against the… Read more »
by Dana Halawi BEIRUT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — Lebanese analysts are mostly optimistic about the outcome of the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit due to be held in Beirut later this week. “This summit comes at a timely manner because when a country like Lebanon is facing an economic crisis, it needs a safety net and diplomacy to support… Read more »
US President Donald Trump has threatened to “devastate” Turkey’s economy if it carries out a military offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria, drawing a response from Ankara which warned Washington against “shadowing” the country’s strategic partnership with “terrorist propaganda”. Trump’s threat on Sunday came amid tensions between the United States and Turkey over the fate of Washington’s Syrian Kurdish allies in the fight against Islamic State of… Read more »
Iran has conducted one of at least two satellite launches it plans despite criticism by the United States, but the satellite failed to reach orbit, an official said. “The Payam satellite was successfully launched this morning with the Basir satellite carrier. But the satellite, unfortunately, failed to be placed in orbit in the final stage,” Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi told Iranian state… Read more »
Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem – Huddled around an electric heater on a chilly winter day, four Palestinian women sit nervously, making calls to acquaintances to ask about homes for rent in the city. “We can’t leave it to the last minute. We have to figure it out – the Israelis can come at any time to evict us from our… Read more »
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar have launched a military operation in southern Libya to secure oil and gas facilities and fight extremists, a spokesman said on Tuesday, a move that may alarm the authorities in Tripoli in the west. Haftar, whose powerbase is the eastern city of Benghazi, leads the Libyan National Army (LNA),… Read more »
Number of protesters killed is 24 since start of unrest, official says, even as rights groups state much higher toll. The number of protesters killed in Sudan has risen to 24 since demonstrations began last month, according to the head of the country’s fact-finding committee, even as rights groups state a much higher toll. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 40 people… Read more »
The refusal places in peril a fragile truce between the warring sides in the Arab world’s poorest country. United Nations, New York – Houthi rebel and Yemeni government representatives did not meet face-to-face in the port city of Hodeidah over the last week despite a recently-inked peace plan, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. The UN’s Patrick Cammaert has been forced to “shuttle”… Read more »
A severe fuel shortage has hit Addis Ababa and neighbouring towns. Many petrol stations have run out of fuel and motorists have been forced to queue for long hours at any that have supplies today. The shortage is blamed on the closure by protesters of the main road linking Ethiopia and Djibouti. Ethiopia imports most of its goods via the… Read more »
In Yemen, many schools in the capital are now serving as homes for many homeless, displaced families. Due to Yemen’s four-year long civil war, many families are relocating and fleeing their home towns and cities. More than 445,000 Yemenis have fled the city since the summer. This creates problems because now these families have no home or place to stay,… Read more »