Putin recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan and the plan for a jailed Israeli woman in Moscow. Immediately following Netanyahu’s visit to Washington DC, he stopped in Moscow, but President Putin had no desire to publicly support or refute Trump’s plan. A more successful part of the meeting was the pardoning… Read more »
Following a Twitter post by Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr which called for gender segregation in the anti-government rallies, hundreds of women gathered to demand their rights. On Thursday, February 13, Baghdad’s Tahrir Square was filled with defiant chants of “Stop discrimination against women, stop gender segregation.” In response to the protest, al-Sadr took to Twitter, calling the march sinful and… Read more »
After the fall of Gaddafi, Libya’s historic military and political leader, many clans were left fighting for power; one of such led by Haftar, the other called the GN focused on Islamic law. Libya’s outcome following the Arab Spring led to a divided state with two factions fighting for power. The Government of National Accord led by Fayez-al-Sarrej is internationally… Read more »
Three years in the making, President Trump’s long awaited Middle East plan was revealed on Tuesday, January 28th. The plan is intended to resolve ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, however it was conceived without Palestinian input and clearly favored Israeli priorities. The United states has previously backed minor adjustments to the Israeli boundaries that existed before the Arab-Israeli war… Read more »
The crisis that aid workers were trying to avoid has become a reality in the past week. Aid workers from Turkey and more countries were working to build safe shelters for displaced Syrians in the Idlib province, one of the only safe areas left in Syria. This single province has become home to displaced people trying to flee to Turkey… Read more »
The Middle East, only on our radar because of major investment: oil. Oil is the driving factor in the United States and most developed country’s interest in this volatile region. But as the finite resource depletes and the modern world heeds the need for renewable energy, what will happen to the Middle East? Petrostates, mainly Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman,… Read more »
President Trump’s new Middle East Peace Plan is not going to create peace like it is supposed to, according to officials. The United States is continuing to support Israel and officials are expecting Palestinians to experience more trouble than they already are. The main points of the plan include drawing different borders, recognizing Palestine, and setting up different security measures…. Read more »
Lebanon is currently facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The cabinet of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned, resulting in three months of political deadlock. On Tuesday, January 21st Lebanon formed a new cabinet consisting of 20 ministers and led by the newly-appointed Prime Minister Hassan Diab. Diab describes this new cabinet as “a rescue government”, claiming they… Read more »
Turkey has witnessed an influx of Syrian immigrants in the previous years and are starting to feel the effects. In an effort to decrease the number of migrants, Turkey is working to create safe places in Syria for the displaced people to live. In a new initiative, aid workers from Turkey are building safe and durable structures on the Syrian… Read more »
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made extreme allegations against Israel while calling on the 57 member states during the first session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. His claims were stressing about how he is convinced that the Israeli government is “openly executing” Palestinians in the streets. “Unfortunately, the situation in Palestine and in its inseparable part, Al-Quds, gets worse… Read more »