On 7 September, former US deputy assistant secretary of defence Simone Ledeen wrote an opinion article in the Washington political magazine The Hill arguing that her country should continue to provide security assistance to Egypt.
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Recent pictures of US troops leaving Afghanistan and desperate attempts to evacuate foreigners and Afghans from the country as they did so have not appeared unfamiliar to many as they revive memories of similar images that swept the world during the (...)
The recent US withdrawal from Afghanistan has been problematic for both the US and Asia as a whole. The success in its fight against the US military of the Taliban group, which hosted terrorist groups in Afghanistan before the US invasion of the (...)
The recent visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to the two Southeast Asian states of Singapore and Vietnam coincided with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many of the region's states were previously exposed to waves of terrorism, and the (...)
The Iranian parliament has been discussing the cabinet lineup submitted by the new President Ebrahim Raisi ahead of approving it. The discussions inside the legislature of the Islamic Republic have been largely left out by international media: only (...)
Fewer than two weeks after the first anniversary of the horrific explosions in the Beirut Port last year, the explosion of a fuel tank in Lebanon's northern Akkra region this week led to the deaths of at least 20 people and 79 injured.
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For almost a week, Israel and militants from the Iran-backed Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah have been carrying out attacks against each other across the border between Israel and Lebanon.
It is not clear why either side has chosen to take part in a (...)
It doesn't take much to realise that the people of Sudan's western region of Darfur are still suffering on every level. Even representatives of regional and international organaisations have admitted it.
Atul Khare, the head of logistics for the (...)
Lebanon sometimes looks for leaders who are not affiliated to any of its powerful forces or families as a way of easing tensions. In the case of new Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, this may at least partially explain how he managed to earn the (...)
Early in July, Ethiopia announced that it had begun the second filling of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The move came despite concerns by Egypt and Sudan, the River Nile's two downstream states, about the impact of the GERD on their (...)
Foreign ministers of the European Union agreed late on Monday to establish a "sanctions regime" against Lebanese political leaders, who have been unable to create a coalition for almost a year. Yet the effectiveness of such a move in ending the (...)
The Biden administration is willing to conclude its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by 11 September, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. But this is no longer news. Instead, the whole world is waiting to see what the (...)
As if proving that Iraq is destined to be an arena of strategic tensions between the Iranians and the Americans, the United States launched "defencive precision air strikes" early on Monday against Iran-backed militias in both Syria and Iraq.
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Over the weekend, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the US Central Command to redeploy military equipment and personnel, including missile defence systems, which currently exist in Middle Eastern states such as Saudi Arabia.
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A global, pro-rights movement is increasingly questioning how Abiy Ahmed earned a Nobel Peace Prize amid alleged war crimes by Ethiopian troops in the separatist Tigray region.
Ironically, some of the voices hail from Norway. The Guardian opinion (...)
The US Biden administration has recently made a number of moves in a bid to address the tripartite crisis between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the latter's controversial building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue (...)
Tunisia's General Union of Labour's (UGTT) secretary-general warned that the country is "moving towards collapse" following a recent increase in fuel prices, Al-Arabiya reported on Monday.
Nour El-Din Al-Tabboubi vowed that the UGTT — one out of (...)
Following the end of Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip and crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, Palestinian factions should finalise the reconciliation process and vote for a new president and parliament, said ex-Arab (...)
Peter Beinart is a City University, New York professor of journalism and political science who writes and tweets about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (some of his work can be found at peterbeinart.substack.com). Once an unequivocal Zionist, the (...)
Joint cooperation in the Horn of Africa and Addis Ababa's controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) were the subjects of talks between Qatar's deputy premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Thani and Ethiopian (...)
As time passes, a successful conclusion to Lebanon's government-formation process looks increasingly implausible. The Sunni prime-minister designate, Saad Al-Hariri, and President Michel Aoun, a strong ally of the Shia Hizbullah, are seemingly (...)
For Instagram blogger Kirsty Rutherford, many media outlets are deliberately using the wrong words to describe Israel's actions in Jerusalem and its aerial bombing campaign against the Gaza Strip. She advocates using different words to change global (...)
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have joined a nationwide strike on Tuesday that came in response to Israel's aerial campaign on Gaza Strip and crackdown on Jerusalem and the West Bank, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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Gilles Carbonnier, vice president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was in Egypt for a three-day visit during which he met with top-level officials to discuss joint action on Covid-19 as well as the humanitarian activities of (...)
Israel arrested at least 374 Palestinians in different areas during nightly protests, many of which are roughly at the age of 13, Israeli police said on Thursday.
According to a report by Israel's Ynetnews website, protests took place in Jerusalem, (...)