Trump’s Jerusalem decision: All the latest updates – Al Jazeera Last week, US President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in a unilateral move that broke with decades of US policy and disregarded warnings from the international community. The decision generated a series of reactions in Palestine and around the world. Here are the latest developments,… Read more »
Trump Jerusalem shift puts counter-terror efforts at risk – BBC The recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has triggered more than just criticism from America’s allies. Here in Bahrain, at the annual Manama Dialogue security conference, there is an almost universal concern that the announcement will be a gift to the region’s twin adversaries –… Read more »
Jerusalem: Trump move prompts negative world reaction – BBC US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv has been met with a wave of disapproval. Leaders from within the Arab and Muslim worlds, and from the wider international community, were swift to criticise the move. Some warned of… Read more »
EU’s Federica Mogherini rebuffs Netanyahu on Jerusalem – BBC The EU’s foreign policy chief says there is “full EU unity” in support of Jerusalem becoming the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state. Federica Mogherini said the bloc’s member states would not recognise the city as Israel’s capital before a final status peace agreement. She spoke after meeting… Read more »
Throughout the past two and a half years, the middle-eastern country of Yemen has been becoming increasingly destabilized, a situation which began with a rough political transition and the corresponding rise of the Houthi rebel movement and jihadist groups. It began with massive protests in 2012, the President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a very authoritarian leader, was forced to resign, leaving… Read more »
Theresa May: Saudi blockade on Yemen must be eased British Prime Minister Theresa May has called on Saudi Arabia to ease the siege on Yemen “as a matter of urgency” to avert “a humanitarian catastrophe”. The statement, published by May’s office on Thursday, said the British leader met King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman late on Wednesday during her… Read more »
Yemen rebel chief threatens to hit back over Saudi blockade SANAA (AFP) – The leader of Yemen’s powerful Huthi rebels on Thursday threatened retaliation over a land, air and sea blockade imposed on the war-torn country by a Saudi-led alliance supporting the government. Rebel chief Abdulmalik al-Huthi warned against “prolonging the blockade” imposed on Yemen following a November 4 Huthi missile… Read more »
Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom? – BBC Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been devastated by a war between forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and those allied to the Houthi rebel movement. More than 8,600 people have been killed and 49,000 injured since March 2015, many of them in air… Read more »
Yemen war: Fighting breaks out among allied rebels – BBC There have been deadly clashes between Yemen’s allied Houthi rebels and supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, as tensions between them grow. Mr Saleh’s General People’s Congress (GPC) party said four people were killed in fighting at the main mosque in the capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday. It accused the Houthis… Read more »
At the heart of recent conflicts in the Middle East has been the struggle between two major powers for influence over the region. These countries, Saudi Arabia and Iran, have had tense relations for years, having fought against each other vicariously by backing different sides in various regional conflicts. A substantial part of the rivalry lies in religion, having to… Read more »