The people of Sudan are in crisis. Protesters are in the streets fighting against the current regime. President Omar al-Bashir has made it very clear he does not plan to step down without a fight. he has encouraged his military to fire and detain as many protestors as they can. Three protestors have been shot and killed in my father’s… Read more »
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has reiterated its call for an international probe into the killing of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The rights monitor made the call outside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday as it marked the 100th day since Khashoggi was killed there. “It is important for the Turkish authorities to keep up their calls for… Read more »
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy in Cairo on Thursday in an address that centered on exerting maximum pressure on Iran and doubling down on the United States’ alliances with Sunni autocrats and Israel. In establishing his own vision for the Middle East, Pompeo set… Read more »
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told a rally of his supporters on Wednesday he would stay in power, as protesters massed a few miles away, calling for him to step down. Thousands of people gathered in Sudan’s capital on Wednesday in a show of support for al-Bashir’s embattled government after deadly anti-government protests erupted across the country last month. The rally backing al-Bashir,… Read more »
Three protesters have been killed during an anti-government demonstration in Sudan even as thousands chanted support for President Omar al-Bashir at a rival rally in the capital, Khartoum. Sudan’s official SUNA news agency on Wednesday said Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman, “witnessed riots and illegal gatherings” that were dispersed by tear gas. Police spokesman Hashim Abdelrahim confirmed that three protesters had died and several injured during the anti-government demonstrations.READ MOREFuture… Read more »
Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir has become the first world leader in nearly 8 years to visit the country of Syria. Bashir has often aligned himself with the likes of Russia and Syria for many years since the start of his power in 1989. In recent years, the Sudanese people have been struggling to feed themselves; and it’s only gotten worse. A… Read more »
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has become the first Arab League leader to visit Damascus since the war in Syria began nearly eight years ago. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said al-Bashir was greeted on Sunday at the capital’s airport by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before they both headed to the presidential palace. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties and the “situations and crises faced by many Arab countries”,… Read more »
Saudi Arabia has denounced as “blatant interference” a resolution by the US Senate accusing the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and calling for an end to Washington’s military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen. The Senate’s move last week dealt a new warning to US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly signalled his backing for the Saudi leadership even amid… Read more »
Turkey may launch a new military operation in northern Syria at any moment, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding US President Donald Trump had given a positive response to Turkey’s plans. Erdogan’s remarks on Monday came days after he announced Turkish forces would launch a new cross-border operation against the US-backed Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to the east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. The YPG is… Read more »
The Republican-controlled Senate voted on Thursday to end American military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen, and separately held Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing. The largely symbolic vote dealt a fresh warning to President Donald Trump, who has staunchly backed the Saudi regime in the face of intense global outrage that analysts say has left the kingdom diplomatically weakened…. Read more »