Putin recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan and the plan for a jailed Israeli woman in Moscow. Immediately following Netanyahu’s visit to Washington DC, he stopped in Moscow, but President Putin had no desire to publicly support or refute Trump’s plan. A more successful part of the meeting was the pardoning… Read more »
After the fall of Gaddafi, Libya’s historic military and political leader, many clans were left fighting for power; one of such led by Haftar, the other called the GN focused on Islamic law. Libya’s outcome following the Arab Spring led to a divided state with two factions fighting for power. The Government of National Accord led by Fayez-al-Sarrej is internationally… Read more »
The Middle East, only on our radar because of major investment: oil. Oil is the driving factor in the United States and most developed country’s interest in this volatile region. But as the finite resource depletes and the modern world heeds the need for renewable energy, what will happen to the Middle East? Petrostates, mainly Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman,… Read more »
In a recent interview, Mohsen Rezaee said that Iran would use any US activity as a pretext to attack Israel. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 12, 2020 13:22 Mohsen Rezaee(photo credit: TASNIM NEWS AGENCY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)Ahead of the governments of France and Germany congratulating Iran’s regime on its Islamic revolution this week, an Iranian politician who advises the supreme leader said his nation was… Read more »
By Tsvetana Paraskova – Feb 11, 2020, 6:00 PM CSTJoin Our Community The global drive to mitigate the impact of climate change and boost renewable energy is threatening the immense wealth that the Arab Gulf oil producers have accumulated from crude oil over the past decades.close [x]PauseUnmuteLoaded: 89.57%Remaining Time -0:51Picture-in-PictureFullscreen In less than a decade and a half, the six members of the Gulf… Read more »
11 February 2020 Syrian civil war Turkey’s president has warned the Syrian government that it will “pay a very, very heavy price” for attacks on Turkish soldiers in north-west Syria. Five troops were killed in opposition-held Idlib province on Monday, as the Syrian army continued an offensive. Turkish forces struck dozens of targets in response, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Read more »
Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent@bbclysedouceton Twitter 11 February 2020 A crisis within the world’s greatest humanitarian emergency could be reaching breaking point over the control of lifesaving aid millions of Yemenis need to survive. Major donors and some of the world’s biggest aid agencies will meet in Brussels on Thursday in an effort to forge a collective response to what is… Read more »
Putin tight-lipped on plan criticised by Palestinians as he becomes first leader to meet Netanyahu after deal announced. The Israeli prime minister visited Moscow on Thursday to discuss United States President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan and take an Israeli woman, who had been jailed in Russia, back home. Benjamin Netanyahu made a stopover in Moscow after visiting Washington, where Trump unveiled his… Read more »
Russia has released a dual US-Israeli national who was detained on charges of drug trafficking last year. Naama Issachar, 26, was arrested in Moscow in April 2019 after more than nine grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. She was later sentenced to more than seven years in prison. President Putin pardoned Issachar on Wednesday. The decision came ahead… Read more »
Israeli PM withdrew his bid for immunity on Tuesday, hours before Knesset due to hold debate.6 hours ago Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been formally indicted in court on corruption charges after he withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution. Netanyahu was in Washington for meetings with US President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Trump’s long-delayed US-Israeli “peace”… Read more »