Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/30/lebanon-wants-best-relations-with-saudi-arabia-gcc-aoun-says The Lebanese President has just said the country wants “best relations with Saudi Arabia along with other Gulf countries. The conflict between the two states began after video surfaced of an interview in which Lebanese Minister George Kordahi criticized the Saudi-led coalition’s war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Kordahi also is a member of a… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/iran-looks-to-political-gains-from-turkmenistan-azerbaijan-gas-deal-analysis-687405 Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan signed a gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic meters per year being imported annually from Turkmenistan and sent to Azerbaijan through the Iran Transmission Line Network. This deal aimed to benefit Iran by positioning themselves as a critical gas supplier and strengthening ties in Central Asia and with Azerbaijan…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/29/iran-and-world-powers-begin-vienna-talks-to-restore-nuclear-deal Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK met and resumed long-awaited talks in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, created due to years of tension over Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. As the United States left the deal three years ago, the messages of the meetings were relayed to US representatives because Iran now… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/17/shooting-in-syria-could-mark-new-phase-in-israeli-campaign Former Syrian Druze lawmaker Midhat Saleh was killed allegedly by Israeli sniper in a village along the Israeli frontier where he ran a Syrian government office. Israeli sources say that Saleh has been helping the Iranian military to fight against Israel, however, people that knew him claimed he has no connection to Iran or any militia…. Read more »
Link to article: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20211107-tens-of-thousands-rally-in-ethiopia-to-support-govt-campaign-against-rebels-denounce-us As the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) begins to make more and more threats on the capital, a government organized rally took place in Addis Ababa on Sunday to support the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Ethiopian defense forces. A topic of controversy in the rally was the United States’ position on the issue, supporting… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/sudans-ousted-pm-hamdok-agrees-return-lead-government-al-arabiya-tv-2021-11-03/ In Sudan, the government, called the Sovereign Council created in August 2019 to last until 2023 elections, consisted of the military sharing power with officials appointed by civilian political groups. With a combination of the military strengthening and civilian unrest, Sudan’s military seized power in a coercive government takeover on October 25, 2021, thus dissolving the… Read more »
