https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/captagon-drug-fuelling-gulf-party-scene-syrias-finances-2023-05-09/ As relations with Syria becomes more and more normalized, especially in the Middle East, Syria’s domestic situaiton continues to be a contentious and unstable one. A new amphetamine known as Captagon has taken hold of the Middle East. The Syrian government has been widely criticized for allegedly profiting off of the spread and sale of the drug, and this… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/un-mission-accuses-eu-of-aiding-crimes-against-humanity-in-libya-2 A UN mission to investigate the immigrant crisis in Libya is now accusing Libya of crimes against humanity, and the EU in enabling said war crimes. Libya itself is currently a fractured country, divided in war between two rivaling factions. But the migrants who are passing through, trying to get to Europe have been found to be victims… Read more »
Link Here After discovering that food and goods from US aid agency USAID are being used for illicit sales, the US has decided to temporarily pause imports of food for those in the Tigray region. Despite a peace deal being made between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front was signed in the fall of last year, the… Read more »
Link Here After a Turkish foreign minister’s car was struck with gunfire, Turkey has decided to relocate its embassy within Sudan for security reasons. Both sides of the ongoing war in Sudan blame each other for the blast. Despite there being no casualties as a result of this incident, Turkey has been advised by the Sudanese transitional government and the… Read more »
Link Here Jordan parliament member, Imad al-Adwan, has been released from Israel’s custody after being accused of smuggling weapons and gold. Al-Adwan was arrested on April 22 with 12 rifles and 194 pistols in his possession crossing the Israeli controlled border. This event revealed that Imad al-Adwan has attempted at least 12 smuggling trips of contraband since early 2022, specifically… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-be-readmitted-soon-arab-league-jordan-minister-says-2023-05-04/ In 2011, Syria was suspended from the Arab league following leader Bashar Al-Assad’s violent attempts to stop an uprising, which has since evolved into a civil war. Jordan’s prime minister, Ayman Safadi, has stated that Syria has regained the 22 votes necessary to rejoin the Arab League, but there are a myriad of challenges revolving the resolution of Syrias… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tens-thousands-join-protests-against-israeli-judicial-overhaul-2023-05-06/ This marks week 18 of Israelis protesting prime minister Netanyahu’s new policies which removing checks and balances and centralizing executive power. Netanyahu is the country’s furthest right prime minister yet, and even thought he was voted in by Israelis, his approval ratings are crashing; a whopping 74% of Israelis state that they think the Israeli government is functioning poorly,… Read more »
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/04/britons-trapped-in-sudan-say-relatives-were-not-allowed-on-flights Due to the civil war happening in Sudan, the UK has been evacuating out British citizens and their dependents. But British citizens in Sudan have said that they’re being forced to choose between leaving behind family members, or go back to the UK without them. Suleiman, a British citizen, was told by the British official that in order… Read more »
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/03/un-rights-experts-denounce-planned-saudi-executions Three members of the Arabian Huwaitat tribe are being punished with execution after opposing the construction of a megacity in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, where their tribe lives. The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, plans to construct a $500 billion “futuristic” megacity, called the Neom Project, that includes a 170 km long structure called The Line…. Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/sudan-military-rsf-conflict-civilians-port-sudan-war-bd675f2ce360e7d40f4926c81057cdbf Thousands of Sudanese people and foreigners are evacuating, leaving entire cities deserted due to an ongoing civil war between two military leaders, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and a rival paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.the 2 generals have agreed to a temporary ceasefire but this has done nothing to stop the leaving… Read more »
