Egypt’s crisis, Libyan petrol and political agendas
The crisis in relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has echoed loudly across the Arab arena and is especially loud in Libyan circles. Egypt is an ally of the...
October 15, 2016
The crisis in relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has echoed loudly across the Arab arena and is especially loud in Libyan circles. Egypt is an ally of the...
October 15, 2016
Britain said yesterday that it plans to put forward a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate truce in Yemen and a resumption of peace talks....
October 15, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently discussed possible supplies of Russian air defence systems to Ankara, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday. “They...
October 15, 2016
Suspected Daesh gunmen killed 12 members of Egypt’s military in North Sinai province and wounded six more in an attack on a checkpoint yesterday, the military said, adding that...
October 15, 2016
Israeli forces yesterday opened the Kerem Shalom crossing between the besieged Gaza Strip and Israel to allow the import of fuel into the coastal enclave. Samir Hamadeh, a board...
October 15, 2016
The Syrian refugee suspected of planning to bomb a Berlin airport was radicalised only after arriving in Germany, Der Spiegel magazine reported yesterday, citing the suspect’s brother who still...
October 14, 2016
Turkey is determined to take part in a planned operation by coalition forces against Daesh in the Iraqi city of Mosul and will implement a “plan B” if it...
October 14, 2016
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today he had “no special expectations” for tomorrow’s talks on the Syria crisis that will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, because Moscow had...
October 14, 2016
Israeli forces yesterday confiscated residential barracks in the Palestinian Bedouin residential area of Arab Al-Mleihat in the occupied West Bank district of Jericho, according to a Ma’an reporter. The...
October 14, 2016
GCC member states yesterday designated the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) group, led by US-based Fetullah Gulen, a “terrorist organisation”, stressing their support for the Turkish government. In their meeting...