link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/17/settlers-attack-palestinian-villages-after-west-bank-killing Summary: Jewish settlers have burst into several villages in the occupied West Bank. They smashed homes and cars and beat up at least two people said Palestinian officials. These attacks came a day after Palestinian gunmen killed and Israeli man in a shooting ambush in the territory. The Israeli man killed was Yehuda Dimentman and was… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraq-security-adviser-says-international-coalition-ends-combat-mission-no-us-2021-12-09/ Summary: Recently all United States led forces have ended their combat mission in Iraq. This will transfer all remaining troops in Iraq into a training and advising role. Iraqi officials and military commanders that are part of the United States led coalition reported this change. However, Western security officials and diplomats say that this will not… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/3/uae-buys-record-80-french-fighter-jets-as-macron-starts-gulf-tour The UAE and France have signed a $19bn deal for the UAE to get 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 military helicopters. The French president stated that this arms deal “directly contributes to regional stability”. This deal will be very beneficial for France as the deal will directly support 7,000 jobs in France and guarantee the supply… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/emirati-top-security-official-visit-tehran-monday-nour-news-2021-12-05/ The United Arab Emirates’ top national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan will visit Iran tomorrow (Monday, Dec 6) to discuss expanding bilateral ties. Sheikh Tahnoon will meet with the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Shamkhani, and other Iranian officials. The UAE’s engagement with Iran began in 2019 after attacks… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/4/where-does-iran-nuclear-deal-stand-after-seven-rounds-of-talks All countries in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agree to restore the deal, but Iran and the Western definitions of a good deal are very different. The seventh round of talks took place in Vienna on Friday. The documents presented by Iran had a maximalist stance and differed from the previously agreed upon issues with… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/26/hundreds-protest-in-amman-against-water-energy-deal-with-israel There is a potential agreement between Jordan and Israel. The deal is that Jordan would receive 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water from Israel in return for 600 megawatts of electricity generated from a UAE-funded solar energy plant in Jordan. Israel has significantly increased their water desalination projects. According to UNICEF, Jordan has very little… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israels-bennett-very-worried-world-powers-will-ease-iran-sanctions-atom-talks-2021-11-28/ Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennet said that Israel is worried Iran will have sanction relief, despite not halting its nuclear program sufficiently. Israel’s worries are because of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the recent meetings of Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK to resume their talks from the 2015 deal. JCPOA… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greece-teams-up-with-egypt-gas-supply-infrastructure-2021-11-25/ Recently on thursday, Greece and Egypt agreed to a deal that will make natural gas more accessible to them. They agreed to expand the cooperation in LNG which is the liquefied natural gas industry. They will examine the possibility of building a sub-sea gas pipeline between the two countries. The two countries signed an agreement to have… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/explosion-rocks-somalia-capital-mogadishu-reuters-witness-2021-11-25/ Right outside of a school in Somalia eight people were killed and 17 were injured. Out of these seventeen people injured, thirteen of them were children. At around 7:30 am an Islamic suicide bobmber was attempting to target a convoy of UN officials. In an SUV full of bombs he blew up the SUV right outside of… Read more »
Link to article:https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/six-sudanese-soldiers-killed-ethiopian-attack-sudan-military-says-2021-11-27/ On the border between Sudan and Ethiopia on one of Sudan’s military posts Sudanese military sources say that six Sudanese soldiers were killed by Ethiopian military forces. Although Ethiopia denies these attacks, Sudan became public about these attacks on facebook saying that this attack resulted in not only loss of lives but heavy military equipment as well…. Read more »
