https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-libya-lawsuits-war-crimes-a2949b7aac1af828f078fd70e2041584 This article covers the trial of Khalifa Hafter, who failed to show up for a Monday court date in Virginia. Khalifa Hafter is a Libyan military officer and was the leader of the Libyan national army during the Libyan civil war. As a result of directives given under his leadership, Khalifa Hafter is being tried for war crimes in… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-middle-east-dubai-468d17c87631105bee10c13331fad221 In this article, the United Arab Emirates airline is officially no longer receiving the bailout from the Dubai government. It will now switch to paying back the debt owed to Dubai. This comes in the wake of covid as United Arab Emirates airlines like all other airlines were hit extraordinarily hard by the lack of business during the early… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/parliament-pushes-capital-controls-law-lebanese-protest This article covers a Lebanese bill that is working its way through parliament. The bill plans to impose capital controls over banking institutions. In preparation of this bill the Lebanese government has already imposed restrictions on the withdrawal of foreign currency, amount of money that can be withdrawn at once and created a high tax on currency exchange in… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-opposition-vows-overturn-sentences-against-kavala-others-2022-04-26/ This article covers a recent court ruling in Turkey where a government deemed radical and extremist was given a life sentence for a crime he was previously acquitted of. The individual in question is Osman Kavala who was being charged for organizing and financing a nationwide protest that was protesting the president and government at the time. Osman was… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-israel-lebanon-169a1c68be932e6cbde2c068baa421dd This article details an escalating conflict emerging in Israel. The conflict stems from the Israel and Palestine conflict that has been raging on and off for over 40 years. However recently there have been rockets and artillery shells fired from the Lebanon border at Israel. Lebanon has reported that there were no casualties or damages. Israel states that this… Read more »
