Arab and International

Israeli forces arrest several Palestinians in West Bank

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Israeli troops arrested several youths from the West Bank early Tuesday, raided other towns and handed over a report to one of Hamas leader to review the occupation intelligence services. According to Palestinian sources, the Occupying Forces arrest...

China imposes sanctions on U.S. lawmakers over Hong Kong

Monday, 10 August 2020

China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including legislators on Monday in response to the U.S. imposition of sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony. Among those targ...

US court issues summons for Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman

Monday, 10 August 2020

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has been issued a summons by a US court for a lawsuit by a former top Saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a foiled assassination attempt. The US District Court for the District of Col...

US Passes Grim Milestone of 5 Million COVID-19 Cases

Sunday, 09 August 2020

The United States has registered over five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University's real-time tally showed Sunday, as well as over 162,000 deaths as the country struggles to control the disease. The US tally reached ...

MBS Expected to Be Saudi King by Year’s End: Asia Times

Sunday, 09 August 2020

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, whose ailing 84-year-old father King Salman was hospitalized on Monday, will likely take control of the kingdom before US elections this November, experts told Asia Times. “He is expected to ascend to the thro...

Thousands Rally in Blast-hit Beirut, Police Intervene

Sunday, 09 August 2020

The police are forced to intervene after around 7,000 take to streets in Beirut to protest the government’s handling of the aftermath of a recent huge deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital that sent the country’s main grain silo up in smoke. &nbs...

Saudi Dis-info Accounts Jump on Beirut Blast

Sunday, 09 August 2020

Almost immediately after the devastating Tuesday explosion that nearly destroyed Beirut and killed at least 137 people, a number of verified Twitter accounts linked to Saudi Arabia started firing off tweets blaming Hezbollah. Within 24 hours, the has...

US Slaps Sanctions on Hong Kong Leader over Security Law

Saturday, 08 August 2020

The US administration has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s leader and a number of other key officials over a security law that China enacted for the semi-autonomous region in late June. The Treasury Department announced on Friday that it was freezi...

Sayyed Nasrullah Says Impartial Probe Necessary into Beirut Blast

Saturday, 08 August 2020

Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has urged an impartial investigation into the blast that rocked Beirut on Tuesday. Speaking in a televised speech on Friday, Nasrallah said those responsible for th...

Hezbollah Urges Unity to Overcome ’National Tragedy’

Thursday, 06 August 2020

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has called for unity to overcome what it describes as “national tragedy” following a deadly blast in Beirut.   In a statement released few hours after the massive explosion at Beirut Port on Tuesday, ...

Lebanese Army issues first statement on Beirut explosion

Thursday, 06 August 2020

The Lebanese Army on Wednesday issued its first statement after the government declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut. The army command called on citizens to evacuate the Beirut port area in order to facilitate rescue operations and to remo...