Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/5/hamas-commander-warns-israel-over-occupied-east-jerusalem-attacks Hamas, the military wing of the Palestine resistance movement, has condemned Israel over the recent attacks against Palestinian residents that are located in East Jersualum. The Hamas brigade commander, Mohammed Deif, is calling for the aggression against their people in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood to stop immediately or there will be a “heavy price”. The Sheikh neighborhood was… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/4/us-legislators-call-on-biden-to-help-raise-aid-for-yemen United States Senators have been urging the Biden administration to contribute more humanitarian aid to Yemen. The crisis in Yemen has left 20 million citizens dependent on humanitarian assistance and has many suffering from widespread famine. The UN conference in March had sought to raise $3.85 billion for Yemen, but raised only $1.35 billion; the Biden administration only… Read more »
Article: https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-libya-africa-middle-east-europe-176cee919badac6b2841396b9cc57d3f Analysis: Recently, a joint news conference was held where Libya’s top foreign diplomat of their interim government, Najla al-Manqoush, called on Tukey to implement the U.N. Security Council resolutions. This was further backed up by France and Italy. She additionally called on Turkey to immediately remove the foreign fighters and mercenaries that are currently in Libya. Turkey has… Read more »
Article: https://www.reuters.com/article/greece-libya/update-1-greek-pm-agrees-to-talks-with-libya-on-maritime-zones-idUSL1N2M70MZ Analysis: Following a joint meeting, Greece and Libya have agreed to hold discussions to designate maritime zones in the Mediterranean. The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, made a statement after their meeting saying the discussions had been reinstated to try to eliminate the current maritime zones. Mitsotakis also said he aims to reset their relationship with Libya… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/vessel-owned-by-israeli-company-attacked-off-uae-coast-reports An Israeli commercial ship was reported to have been attacked off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) coast in the Persian Gulf. According to an Israeli television channel, there were no casualties or injuries and the ship was able to continue its course; the damage was described as being limited. There has also been blame being placed on Iran… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/turkey-hails-new-era-with-egypt-after-tensions Analysis: Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, has indicated that a new period diplomatically is beginning between Turkey and Egypt. The relationship between the two has been strained following Egypt’s 2013 overthrow of their first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. The Turkish President, Recept Tayyip Erdoğan, had been supporting Morsi at that time; however, that year both completely… Read more »
