Alright, so the Middle East right now is more of a powder keg now than ever. The Kashoggi case is very damaging to our allies in the Middle East. We need to either help repair the damage done, or cut ties completely. Cutting ties seems like what we are doing right now. The Syrian UN Representative is stepping down and… Read more »
Israel says its fighter jets have struck 20 targets in the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and injuring eight others. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Naji Ahmad al-Zaneen, 25, was killed in the attack in northern Gaza early on Wednesday. Among the wounded are six children who were on their way to school in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Palestinian sources… Read more »
The Iraqi government has begun closing camps for the thousands of internally displaced persons who fled their homes as a result of the war. But aid workers say security forces are forcibly returning civilians to unsafe areas in the Anbar province.
Nearly two weeks after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia – aided by its Arab allies – unleashed a PR offensive against threatened US economic sanctions. But does the threat have bite or is it just bluster? When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – known by his initials, MBS – visited Britain and the US earlier this year, the… Read more »
The United Nations envoy for Syria announced on Wednesday he will step down at the end of November after more than four years in the key post as UN efforts to end the seven-year war show no sign of a breakthrough. “I will myself be moving on as of the last week of November,” Staffan de Mistura told the UN… Read more »
Well it seems as if the middle east is falling apart to some degree. Other places have promising futures. Like Jordan and Yemen both are in very dire straits economically. Saudi Arabia seems to be silencing dissenting parties. With the economic problems, it is inviting trouble to a already unstable part of the world. The unofficial coalition or IGO of… Read more »
The finance ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait will on Thursday sign an agreement to provide credit guarantees and grants to Jordan, state-run Kuwait News Agency reports. The agreement, which also provides for deposits by the Gulf states in Jordan’s central bank, will be signed in Amman, the agency said on Wednesday. The three Gulf states in June pledged… Read more »
Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Ankara over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish official revealed Thursday. Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and commentator, went missing Tuesday after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to pick up a document. Turkish and Saudi authorities have offered conflicting accounts about his whereabouts. While Saudi officials say Khashoggi left the… Read more »
Southern Transition Council pressuring President Hadi over Yemen’s economic collapse. The Southern Transitional Council has stepped up its pressure on President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, calling for more demonstrations over the collapse of the currency. They blame Hadi for Yemen’s economic collapse after a four-year-war with Houthi rebels. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from neighbouring Djibouti.
Jerusalem’s mayor has said he plans to remove a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees from the city to “end the lie of the Palestinian refugee problem”. Nir Barkat on Thursday said schools, clinics and sports centres, among other services operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem, will be transferred to Israeli authorities. The municipality did not provide an… Read more »