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  • February 9, 2020

    Sudan asks UN to deploy peacekeeping mission

    Sudan’s government is requesting that the UN deploy a peacekeeping mission in the country to help during the transitional period, a spokesman for Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok said today...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Malaysia meeting in support of Jerusalem

    International parliamentarians gathered in Malaysia this weekend to defend the city of Jerusalem as well as the Palestinians, Anadolu Agency reports. On the second and last day of the...

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  • February 9, 2020

    AU slams US ‘Deal of Century’

    Addressing the annual summit of the African Union (AU) leaders, the chairman of the bloc heavily criticised the US’ so-called peace plan in Middle East, Anadolu Agency reports. “We...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Lebanon’s Aoun: Foreign states, especially France, want to help Lebanon

    Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that foreign states, particularly France, had expressed a desire to help his country emerge from a severe economic crisis, Reuters reports. As...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Africa sidelined in Libya talks, UN chief says

    UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that Africa was sidelined from talks on Libya and urged the reverse of it, Anadolu Agency reports. “We want the Africa representative to...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Syria: Assad regime captures 18 more settlements

    Ignoring the Astana and Sochi agreements, Iran-backed forces of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad regime kept moving in rural areas of Idlib and Aleppo, Anadolu Agency reports. After prolonged clashes since...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Iraq to cut oil output at Nahr Bin Omar oil field

    Iraq’s Basra Oil Co will cut crude oil output at the Nahr Bin Omar field to a minimum because of pollution and gas emissions, according to state news agency,...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Libya: Never-ending chaos

    While UN initiatives are underway to gather a 5+5 military commission in Geneva for a permanent truce in Libya, eastern-based warlord Khalifa Haftar is speeding up military deployments with...

  • February 9, 2020

    Pope calls for respect of humanitarian law in Syria’s Idlib amid escalation

    Pope Francis has called for respect of humanitarian law in Syria’s Idlib province, amid an escalation of a Syrian government offensive that has displaced more than half a million...

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  • February 9, 2020

    Lebanon gathers to protest no-confidence vote

    Hundreds of demonstrators protested Saturday in front of the Parliament building here against the Hassan Diab government and a vote of confidence to prevent a new government, Anadolu Agency...

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