Article Link: This year, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have recognized Israel and signed the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with the country. Now, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging that the Saudis follow suit and normalise ties with Israel. President Trump is hoping that the Saudis will lead other Arab nations in the recognition of Israel… Read more »
Article Link: Algeria recently revised their constitution as a way to calm down the protests they’ve been having for over a year, but it did the exact opposite. Government officials believe that the new constitution is a great win for the people, but activists say it’s giving more power to the elite and to the president. President Tebboune has declared… Read more »
Sudan’s annual inflation hit a new record peak. Sudan’s Central Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday that the annual inflation in September rose to 212.29 percent from 166.83 percent in August. The record high was driven by hikes in bread, vegetable, and transport fares, according to Sudan’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Their economy has suffered from decades of United States… Read more »
Basil al-Jarah, Unaoil’s former Iraqi-born Iraq country manager, admitted to paying 17 million dollars in bribes to secure contracts to construct oil pipelines, an oil platform and offshore mooring buoys in the Gulf, as the nation tried to shore up a ruined economy after the fall of the last president Saddam Hussein in 2003. Former Unaoil managers Stephen Whiteley has… Read more »
A deal has been made between the fighting sides of the Yemen conflict to exchange around 1,000 prisoners. Abdel Kader Mortaza, the rebel official in charge of their prisoner affairs, made a post on the 14th saying, “The transaction will be executed, with God’s help, on the scheduled dates today and tomorrow.” Mortaza also added, “The preparations have been completed… Read more »
Article Link After being at war for five years, warring sides in Yemen organized a prisoner exchange for today and tomorrow. The deal was struck in Switzerland about a month ago to exchange a little over 1,000 prisoners. Conflict in Yemen began after Arab Spring, when they removed their leader at the time, President Saleh. Saleh handed over leadership to… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/10/at-least-two-killed-as-forest-fires-burn-in-syria-lebanon There have been at least 2 people killed by huge forest fires currently raging through Syria. There are hundreds of hectares of land completely destroyed and it’s only getting worse. The fire is tearing up Syria’s coastal latakia and tartus provinces. There have been dozens of reported fires throughout the coast, 45 in latakia and 33 in tartus. Even… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/10/10/fighting-for-palestine-2/ Palestine has been in a constant battle with Jerusalem and Israel’s control over Palestine has steadily been getting stronger and stronger over the past few years. Palestine has also lost a substantial amount, official annexation of Plastinean land, the “de-development” of Palestinian’s economy, unhibated killings of palestinians, gender based violence at prisons and checkpoints, and that is just a… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/10/at-least-two-killed-as-forest-fires-burn-in-syria-lebanon Devastating fires are breaking out all throughout Syria. There are hundreds of hectares that have burned in the countryside of Syria’s coastal Latakia area, Tartus area, and central Homs area. Dozens of fires were burning, including 45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus. The cause for these fires are strong winds and a heatwave that are… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/14/sudan-annual-inflation-tops-200-in-sept-as-food-prices-soar Sydans inflation has gone way up over the past months from 166.83% to 212.29%. This data was from August to currently. this huge spike was caused by a significant increase in bread and vegetable prices, as well as increasing transport fares. another reason for this huge spike in Sudan’s inflation is their recent overthrowing of president… Read more »