Category: Middle East

NEW DELHI: Calls to boycott French goods are growing in the Arab world and beyond after President Emmanuel vowed not to “give up cartoons” depicting the Prophet Mohammad. France has urged for an end to such calls, saying such attacks were the work of a “radical minority”. Macron’s comments, on Wednesday, came in response to […]

As Americans go to the polls, we can learn hard lessons from the Middle East — where militias and nations have long grappled over authority, legitimacy, and power. Take Israel for instance. On the night of June 20, 1948, off the coast of Israel, the Israeli Navy attacked the Altalena cargo ship. An Israeli right […]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the total COVID-19 confirmed cases reached 1,962,901 as of 24 October 2020. A total of 34,519 have succumbed to the disease, while 1,624,405 have recovered as of 24 October 2020. The outbreak of the virus has affected global and regional mobility in the form of various travel disruptions […]

France has called the boycott of its products by several countries in the Middle East “baseless”, saying the move is being perpetuated by “a radical minority”. Bolstered by social media, the campaign asks Arabs and Muslims not to buy French products in response to President Emmanuel Macron’s statements this month describing Islam as a religion […]

Arabs living in the Middle East and Africa believe Democrat Joe Biden would be better suited as president of the United States, especially for their region, according to a YouGov poll released Monday. While a majority of those polled considered neither Biden nor President Donald Trump good for the region, 40% said Biden would be better […]

Mister President, Deputy Minister Vershinin of the Russian Federation,Foreign Minister Malki of the State of Palestine,Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Nafti of Tunisia,Deputy Foreign Minister Dang of Vietnam, Members of the Security Council, We meet this month as the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the Middle East threatening local health systems and fraying the social […]

A three-decades-long Australian naval presence in the Middle East will come to an abrupt end this year as the Federal Government grapples with an increasingly uncertain strategic environment closer to home. Key points: The shift was flagged in the Government’s recent Defence Strategic Update It declared the military would focus more on the Indo-Pacific and […]

In this vast plain of the Al Harrah desert, stretching from Syria across north-eastern Jordan and into Saudi Arabia, ancient drawings are carved into volcanic basalt rock. Left untouched for centuries, the stones are inscribed with an ancient text believed to be Safaitic, an indigenous alphabet that flourished in northern Arabia more than two millennia […]

President Trump‘s Middle East peace deals, including the latest Friday between Israel and Sudan, are “unprecedented” for the region, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Saturday. The president announced the U.S.-brokered deal in the Oval Office Friday, saying there “would be many more peace deals to come in the Middle East.” Ortagus, appearing on “Fox & […]

At a press conference Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said “The map of the Middle East is changing. Israel is connecting to the whole world.”His statement follows a normalization agreement with Sudan. He also told reporters  that normalizing ties with Sudan will “be good for our pockets,” implying that economic benefits will come […]