Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign ministers representing the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement” in Washington DC which normalises their relations at the expense of Palestinian national and human rights. US President Donald Trump hosted the ceremony and has claimed...

The Libyan army announced yesterday that four mercenaries affiliated with the Russian Wagner Group were killed when a helicopter carrying ammunition crashed in the centre of the country. This came in a statement issued by spokesman for the Sirte/Jafra Operations Room, Abdulhadi Darah. Darah stated that “a helicopter carrying Russian mercenaries and...

Egyptian citizens demonstrated for the fourth day in a row yesterday evening, in response to Mohamed Ali’s calls to take to the streets and unite against the ruling regime. Throughout his rule, Al-Sisi’s government has been accused of human rights abuse, including the systematic torture of political prisoners, extrajudicial killings, and the demolition...

The Casablanca Commercial Court last week ordered a Moroccan bank to cash a cheque written in Tamazight language, local media reported. According to news sites, the court ordered Credit du Maroc to pay a fine of 3,000 dirhams ($323) to the customer who was due to receive the funds...

France yesterday backed a proposal by former Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, that could help with the formation of the country’s new cabinet amid the worst crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. “This declaration represents an opening and all parties should understand its importance so that a government of...

Human rights advocates have cast doubt over an Interior Ministry statement announcing the death of four inmates and three police officers at a prison in Egypt whilst attempting to escape. The four were all political prisoners on death row who had exhausted all avenues of appeal and were due...

The most dangerous thing about the new wave of Arab normalisation with the Israeli occupation is that the countries involved are trying to justify what they’re doing by demonising the Palestinians, opposing them and claiming that they are the aggressors who reject peace and coexistence. It is a stupid...

Remittances from Jordanian expatriates declined by 9.8 per cent during the first seven months of 2020, the Central Bank of Jordan announced yesterday. “Jordanian expatriate inbound remittances amounted to 1.38 billion dinars ($1.94 billion) in the first seven months of the current year,” the bank said in a statement....

World-renowned footballer and Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah, on Tuesday called on the world leaders to ensure that every child receives a quality education, including refugees. Salah, who became the first Ambassador for Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR’s Instant Network Schools (INS) programme, joined refugee students from INS schools in Kenya,...

The cement industry in Egypt will incur heavy losses following a 60 per cent decline in demand for the first time in the sector’s history, a local economist has warned. Mohamed Saleh told the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news site that as many as 23 companies currently operating in Egypt produce about 85...

Just how Sudan will be able to convict former President Omar Al-Bashir and 27 defendants for staging the 1989 coup remains a major issue of contention. Not merely in the special court which reconvened yesterday, but also with the concerned general public eager to see justice meted out 30...

The Yemeni Abductees’ Mothers Association said on Tuesday that Sadiq Ahmed Yahya Al-Ghawi died after five months of torture at the hands of the Houthis, Anadolu news agency reported. The association said in a statement that 37-year-old Al-Ghawi and eight members of his family, including his brother, were kidnapped from their...

The Egyptian Navy is preparing to receive the fourth and final Type 209/1400mod submarine (S44) from Germany in 2021, the New Khaleej reported yesterday. German reports said, according to the news site, that the Egyptian army had received special training on how to submerge the vessel into the sea. On 9...

The Lebanese president on Wednesday called on the international community to force Israel to end violating Lebanese sovereignty, and using its airspace to attack Syria, Anadolu reports. Michel Aoun, in his speech to the UN General Assembly’s 75th session, said Lebanon is committed to implementing the UNSC resolution 1701,...

On Thursday, the Jordanian capital will host the Arab-European Union (EU) ministerial meeting to discuss the Middle East peace process, Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday. In a statement, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced that foreign ministers from Jordan, Egypt, France and Germany will attend the meeting, in addition to...

The US has called on Houthi militias in Yemen on Tuesday to “immediately” stop their attacks on the city of Marib and to end their hostility against Saudi Arabia. “The United States remains deeply concerned by the Houthis’ aggression, supported by Iranian weapons shipments in violation of United Nations...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in a race against time to resolve his country’s dispute with Sudan, weeks before the US presidential elections are scheduled to take place. As is so often the case when it comes to US diplomacy, Israel is not far from Trump’s ulterior...

Emirati companies have signed contracts with Israeli firms and banks blacklisted by the United Nations (UN) for supporting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, an investigation by Anadolu Agency revealed on Wednesday. In February, the UN released a database of 112 companies on its blacklist for doing business...

An Algerian court has sentenced the family members of a businessman close to former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to between 12 and 20 years in prison, in a case known to media as the “Kouninef family case”. The Sidi M’hamed Court in Algiers decided on Wednesday to confiscate all financial...

Since the start of the current fishing season, Palestinian fishermen in Gaza have caught 73 giant tuna fish from within the heavily-guarded six nautical mile fishing limit off the Gaza coast, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. Israel prevents Gazan fishermen from sailing more than six to 12 nautical miles...

Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani affirmed that his country will continue to support efforts to achieve justice and hold the perpetrators of atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria accountable. “We will continue to provide all aspects of support and assistance to the brotherly Syrian...

The right of the Palestinian people to have a state with Jerusalem as its capital is not subject to bargain, the Algerian president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s remarks came at a speech he delivered at the 75th UN General Assembly via video link. “The Palestinian cause remains...

Turkey keeps a prudent and calm attitude despite Greece’s provocations and rising tension in the region, the Turkish president said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came during a phone conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the relationship between...

A group of Saudi dissidents, most of them in exile, on Wednesday announced the formation of a party to push for political reform in Saudi Arabia in defiance of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has moved to crush any dissent, Reuters reports. The world’s top...

Iraqi doctor Tariq Al-Sheibani remembers little else beyond cowering on the ground as a dozen relatives of a patient, who had just died of COVID-19, beat him unconscious, Reuters reports. About two hours later the 47-year-old director of Al-Amal Hospital in the southern city of Najaf woke up in...

France’s foreign minister on Wednesday called on international partners to up the pressure on Lebanese political forces to form a government and again warned that only once reforms were underway would vital financial aid arrive, Reuters reports. “The political forces have still not managed to agree on forming a...

Russia has added more EU individuals and entities to its blacklist, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “In response to actions of the EU, Russia has now decided to expand its reciprocal list that are denied entry to its territory,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news conference...

Israeli occupation forces demolished a wedding hall, which also served as a residential apartment, inside a village based in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm. Ihsan Awad, head of the Jubara Village Council, told Wafa news agency that the local community was shocked after Israeli occupation forces forced through the...

“Egypt led the Arabs for 40 years and brought them to the abyss; you will see the region’s economic situation improve when Israel takes the rein of leadership in the Middle East.” This is what Shimon Peres said to Arab businessmen on the sidelines of the Casablanca Summit in...

Turkey and Greece agreed to talks over disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, both sides announced yesterday, after German-led efforts to defuse a crisis that has raised fears of conflict. Earlier in the day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a videoconference with European Council President Charles Michel and...

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Algeria has accused the French media of attempting to tarnish the country’s image and weaken the people’s trust in state institutions every time an election approaches in the North African state. The accusation was made by the Ministry of Communications in response to a documentary, Algeria: Country of Revolutions,...

Iranian military spokesman Abolfazi Shekarchi said that his country has transferred its expertise in defence technology to Yemen so that the Yemeni people can make missiles and drones by themselves. “We do not send missiles to Yemen but they can now make them themselves to fire them on their...

Libya’s national oil company said that its engineers and staff members will gradually return to work at secure fields and ports as a first step to restoring production processes, Anadolu Agency reported. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) added in a statement that the first phase of restoring operations will comprise the...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has called for international help to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees, saying that the Mediterranean state can no longer afford to host them. Speaking during a virtual address for the UN’s 75th anniversary yesterday, the president explained: “We call on the world to help...

The recently formed US Space Force has deployed troops to the Arabian Peninsula as its first foreign mission. Earlier this month a squadron of 20 “core space operators” were stationed at the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Enlisted and commissioned officers assigned to the 16th Expeditionary Space Control Flight...

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, condemned the international community at the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday for its lack of “effective action to confront Israeli intransigence and its continued occupation of Palestinian and Arab land.” Speaking during the online meeting, the...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that the Libyan Coast Guard intercepted a boat carrying 119 asylum seekers at sea. The organisation retweeted a post by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) which said: “119 refugees and migrants, aboard 2 rubber boats, were intercepted/rescued off Libyan coast, after departing from Sabratha and Al...

A Hezbollah-owned weapons cache in southern Lebanon exploded yesterday afternoon as a result of a “technical error”, Al Jazeera reports. The explosion, according to local media outlets, killed at least four people and injured several others. Hezbollah, however, has denied claims the blast resulted in casualties. Footage circulating on social media showed...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that his country has no problem with Morocco, adding that the Western Sahara issue is “a matter of decolonisation”. The president said Morocco is a brotherly country and that the Algerian people love the Moroccan people. Tebboune stressed that the Algerian presidency is frank,...

Palestine yesterday skipped a virtual ceremony held to sign the charter of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) hosted by Egypt, the WAFA news agency reported. “We did not participate in the signing ceremony, in implementation of the Palestinian leadership’s decision to cut contacts with Israel,” an informed Palestinian source told the...

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have claimed consistently that if he leaves power minorities in Syria could be eliminated, and that only his rule can protect the country’s mosaic of religious and ethnic communities. However, Hunaidi argued, this argument is deeply flawed and untrue. “Assad’s rhetoric from the...

Since the Egyptian businessman Mohamed Ali called on people to protest in the streets on 20 September, all of the official media mouthpieces have tried to direct their attention elsewhere, to things that are untrue. They have claimed that the economic situation in Egypt is at its best since...

Saudi Arabia will gradually lift a coronavirus related ban for Umrah pilgrimage starting early next month, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported early today. According to the report, Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage from 4 October. “An official source at the Ministry of Interior affirms the Kingdom’s...

Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, assigned a committee to review the country’s election law, according to a statement published by the Algerian Presidency on Saturday. According to the presidential statement, the national committee, which will be headed by Ahmed Laaraba, will prepare a draft revision of the organic law on...

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A right-wing Israeli daily close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has misquoted US Ambassador David Friedman saying that Washington is thinking about replacing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas with the once-disgraced Fatah security official Mohammed Dahlan. Israel Hayom’s Ariel Kahana apparently asked Friedman whether the US could like to...

The Sudanese Minister of Information and transitional government spokesman, Faisal Muhammad Saleh, yesterday denied media reports claiming a Sudanese delegation currently visiting the United Arab Emirates had discussed normalising relations with Israel. “The ministerial delegation accompanying the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council does not have...

Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Moran Mor Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi on Sunday refused to discuss any changes to the country’s political system, while arguing that this step cannot be taken at a time when many forces are engaged in an illegal arms race, and “until all political components adhere to legitimacy” in the...

A massive fire broke out last night at an Iranian dairy factory in the city of Eslamshahr, south-west of the capital Tehran. An investigation is currently underway although authorities have said that there are no casualties. “Efforts to control and extinguish the fire continue,” a fire department official told...