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December 4, 2019

UAE arrests Syrian businessman in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has arrested a Syrian businessman who was residing in the country’s emirate of Dubai, local media reported yesterday. An official source told local media...

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December 4, 2019

Jordan: Popular and parliamentary movement to demand prisoner-swap deal with Israel

Dozens of families of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails participated in a sit-in in front of the State Security Court in Amman, in conjunction with the trial of Israeli...
December 4, 2019

Jordanian military training reflects rising tensions with Israel

Military training exercise conducted by the Jordanian Armed Forces on Monday, named “Swords of Karama,” received wide attention from Israel. The training was held near the Western border region....

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December 4, 2019

Iran’s President: ‘Washington asked to negotiate in secret’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that his country had received “secret messages” from the US administration, through European mediators, about launching talks. Rouhani insisted that “this is...

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December 3, 2019

Erdogan: Quartet meeting was ‘good’

A quartet meeting on Syria with the leaders of France, Germany, and the UK was “good,” Turkey’s president told reporters Tuesday afternoon just after the meeting, reports Reuters. Recep...

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December 3, 2019

Iran acknowledges security forces killed protesters in nationwide unrest

Iranian authorities confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that security forces had shot dead demonstrators during what rights groups have said was the deadliest anti-government unrest since the...

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December 3, 2019

Tunisia grapples with post-revolution economic slide

Tunisia’s designated prime minister Habib Jemli expects to pull together a new coalition government next week after an election in October produced a fractured parliament, reports Reuters. Since the...

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December 3, 2019

Macron says time for Turkey to clarify ambiguous stance on Daesh

French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey on Tuesday of working with Daesh proxies and said Ankara’s ambiguity towards the group was detrimental to its NATO allies fighting in Syria...

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December 3, 2019

‘Very, very nasty’: Trump clashes with Macron before NATO summit

US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron clashed about the future of NATO on Tuesday before a summit intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Western...

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December 3, 2019

German court annuls de facto armoured vehicles export ban to Saudi Arabia

A German court on Tuesday annulled a de facto export ban that had prevented arms manufacturer Rheinmetall from exporting armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, saying German authorities had not...

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