Arab and International

Pompeo: The Middle East Is not What It Used to Be

Sunday, 20 December 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned President-elect Joe Biden against returning to the nuclear deal with Iran, saying that circumstances have radically changed in the Middle East since the deal was struck in 2015. Pompeo expressed, in an inter...

International Monetary Fund gives Egypt $ 1.67 billion in aid

Saturday, 19 December 2020

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it had completed its first review of Egypt’s economic reform program, allowing the government to withdraw $ 1.67 billion. The fund said in a statement that the total money spent to Egypt within the fram...

UN Chief Urges Countries to Help Address Economic Crisis in Yemen

Saturday, 19 December 2020

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world countries to provide financial assistance to resolve the severe economic crisis in Yemen, which has been under incessant attacks by a Saudi-led coalition over the past several...

Rouhani: Next US Admin Will Bow to Iranian Nation

Saturday, 19 December 2020

The Iranian nation’s fortitude will surely force the next US administration to give in, President Hassan Rouhani said. In comments after opening a number of projects carried out by the Interior Ministry on Thursday, Rouhani said he is quite confiden...

Moscow Criticizes Washington's Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that Moscow considers the US policy in the eastern Mediterranean to be unconstructive. Lavrov said Moscow was used to constant accusations by Western countries and the US. “That only shows our partne...

Trump Floated Not Leaving White House on January 20

Thursday, 17 December 2020

US President Donald Trump, who is yet to acknowledge his loss in the US presidential elections, considered refusing to leave the White House on inauguration day in January next year, according to reports. Trump has reportedly told some of his advis...

French conducts sorties over Yemen’s southern coast

Thursday, 17 December 2020

French warplanes have carried out sorties in the Gulf of Aden, off of Yemen’s southern coast, Yemen News Portal reported. This coincides with a fierce conflict between several parties over the Balhaf LNG plant, which is owned by France’s Total, whic...

Explosion Targets US-Coalition Convoys in Iraq

Thursday, 17 December 2020

According to news websites, an Iraqi security source confirmed on Wednesday that "an explosive device had exploded targeting a convoy of logistical support for the US-coalition forces, on the highway near Baghdad....

UN Security Council Calls for Exit of Mercenaries from Libya

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for all mercenaries and foreign fighters to leave Libya, in a unanimous statement that included Russia, which is accused of enabling a Russian contractor to send paramilitaries. Libya has been wracked by vi...

New Leaks Expose Britain’s Role in Supporting Terrorism in Syria

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

New leaks published by The Telegraph newspaper revealed Britain’s role in the terrorist war on Syria and its neo-colonial ambitions in the Middle East through secret interventions in several countries. The leaks were published by the British newspap...

FAO: Five million Yemenis one step away from famine in 2021

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

The United Nations warned that 5 million people in war-torn Yemen “will likely be living just one step away from famine” in 2021, urging immediate support. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis “will like...

Saudi Arabia: Migrants Held in Inhuman, Degrading Conditions

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

A deportation center in Riyadh is holding hundreds of mostly Ethiopian migrant workers in conditions so degrading that they amount to ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. Detainees alleged to Human Rights Watch that they are held in extreme...

US Attorney General Barr Resigns As Trump Election Loss Confirmed

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

US Attorney General William Barr has resigned shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trump's defeat to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. Barr will leave office within days, weeks after he angered Trump by contradicting h...

US Removes Sudan from List of ‘State Terrorism Sponsors’

Monday, 14 December 2020

The United States removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism starting from Monday, December 14, the US embassy in Khartoum said. In a Facebook post, the embassy said that the 45-day window open for Congress to contest the move after...