Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, the Maldives, Mauritania, Senegal, Djibouti, the Comoros, Jordan, Libya, and Yemen blocked off Qatar planes and ships. This is now known as the Gulf Crisis. The reason for the blockade was because Qatar has been accused of supporting terrorism. The Gulf Cooperation, also known as the GCC is an organization including the states within the Arabian Peninsula. They discusses economic,… Read more »
At least seven local government officials have been killed in a helicopter crash in Sudan’s eastern Gadarif state. The state’s governor and three security officials were among the dead, the country’s official news agency, SUNA, reported on Sunday. Governor Mirghani Salih was travelling from the city of Gadarif heading to Gallabat, Ashorooq TV reported. Both cities are in Gadarif. A number of… Read more »
The 39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit has come to an end in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, without any major breakthroughs to resolve a diplomatic crisis that continues to grip the region. The Gulf crisis, being described by observers as the elephant in the room, was not brought up at the annual summit that concluded on Sunday. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… Read more »
As many as 250,000 Syrian refugees could return to their homeland in 2019 despite massive hurdles facing them, the United Nations refugee agency said. Some 5.6 million Syrian refugees remain in neighbouring countries, namely Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, Amin Awad, UNHCR director for the Middle East and North Africa, told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday. They include one million Syrian children born abroad whose… Read more »
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 has not prohibited Iran’s missile activities, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday. “I can make it clear as the foreign minister that the issue of missiles has never been subject to negotiations and nothing in Resolution 2231 prohibits Iran” from developing its missile program, Zarif… Read more »