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May 4, 2021

Tunisia: president warns against danger of fragmenting state from within

Tunisian President Kais Saied warned on Saturday that the threats to states come not from terrorist operations, but from attempts to divide states from within. Saied made his comment...

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May 4, 2021

European Union urges Palestinian Authority to respect freedom of expression

The office of the European Union (EU) Representative in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Sunday expressed concern over the attack that targeted the residence of an...

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May 4, 2021

Murder through drama in the Sisi era

Egyptians woke up to the tragedy of the execution of nine prisoners convicted in the Kerdasa Police Station storming following the July 2013 military coup. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

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May 4, 2021

Abbas cancelled elections to serve Israel’s interests, says Israel analyst

Postposing the general Palestinian elections was not a national endeavour, but proof that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is closer to Israel than to the Palestinians, a prominent...

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May 4, 2021

Lebanon bank governor faces corruption allegations in France

An anti-corruption group has submitted a legal complaint in France against Lebanon’s central bank governor over foreign investments including property he owns worth millions of euros, Reuters reported two people involved...

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May 4, 2021

Iraq to invest $3bn in Basra Gas Company

Iraq intends to invest $3 billion in the Basra Gas Company over the next five years, local media reported. The company said in a statement yesterday that the investment...

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May 4, 2021

Official: Iran ready for talks with Saudi Arabia at any level

Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said yesterday that the Islamic Republic is ready to hold talks with Saudi Arabia “at any level and in any form”....

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May 4, 2021

Female diplomat falls to her death from Swiss embassy in Iran

A female diplomat who died in a fall from a building in Iran was the Swiss embassy’s first secretary, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying today...

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May 4, 2021

Iran-backed Afghan militia builds largest Shia shrine in Syria’s Palmyra

The pro-Iran Afghan Shia Fatemiyoun Brigade on Sunday resumed the construction of the Husseiniya Aal Al-Bayt Shia congregational hall in the Syrian city of Palmyra. The Ein Al-Furat website said...

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May 4, 2021

The dangerous decision to ‘postpone’ the election is Palestine’s moment of reckoning

The decision on 30 April by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to “postpone” this month’s legislative election, which would have been the first in 15 years, will deepen the...

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