Egypt has moved up to 10th in the Arab world and 130th worldwide in the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom of 178 countries, the Washington-based think tank said on Thursday.
The title of the world's freest economy for 2021 was retained (...)
A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq, the Pentagon said.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said the contractor ``suffered a cardiac episode while (...)
The Syrian pound fell to a record low on the black market on Wednesday, hit by the ripple effect of currency woes in neighboring Lebanon with which it has extensive business and banking ties, dealers and bankers said.
Traders said it cost close to (...)
Jihadist groups in the nearby Sahel region, which recruit and train their followers online, represent Morocco's biggest militant threat, the head of its counterterrorism agency said.
Although Morocco has had only one major attack over the past (...)
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab League, has stressed that the Arab region is still the epicentre of serious threats whose consequences will affect the whole world's political and economic situations.
Addressing the opening session (...)
The wave of conflicts currently taking place in the Middle East makes us realise that we are facing religious-political wars like those in Europe in the 17th Century.
This follows on from the phenomenon of exploiting religion in the service of (...)
Scattered protests broke out across the country Tuesday after the Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market, a sign of deepening multiple crises and no prospects for a new Cabinet in sight.
The crash in the local (...)
Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a fracture. The second was beaten into a coma.
Following the assaults, nurses at Federal Medical Centre in the (...)
Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in a rebel-held area.
France is home to thousands of Syrian (...)
Weeks ago, the state-run Turkish Anadolu Agency reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on pins and needles as he awaited his first phone call from President Biden. The irony was lost on no one that the same applied to Recep (...)
Official communications between Cairo and Washington returned to the headlines last week after the US State Department approved a $197 million arms deal with Egypt. The US secretary of state also made his country's first official phone call to his (...)
The US carried out an airstrike on 25 February targeting what it described as “Iran-backed militias” in Syria in the first military operation by the new administration of US President Joe Biden.
The Pentagon said that US military forces had carried (...)
Transitional periods in government can occasion a review of national policies, prompting a pause to consider changes to previous policies. This is most often the case in the US when transitioning from one administration to the next. Generally the (...)
Resetting America's Middle East policy is proving to be a very tough task.
This week, US President Joe Biden found himself face-to-face with the complexities of Middle East politics and the conflicting priorities of how to protect America's (...)
Syria's health ministry said on Monday it had started administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline healthcare workers.
"For the second day in a row COVID-19 vaccinations are being given to frontline healthcare workers that are working within (...)
Porto Group Holding will be rebranding its name after the Board of Directors approved the decision.
The company stated Sunday that this comes in line with its future plans and aspirations for growth and development in preparation for submitting the (...)
Tens of thousands of civilians in Syria were ``arbitrarily detained`` in enforced disappearances during the country's 10-year conflict, a U.N. commission said in a report released Monday. The fate of many remains unknown to this day.
Thousands more (...)
Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.
No one (...)
For at least the past half century in the post-independence era, conflicts, wars, the spread of corruption, and military coups, have spread across the African continent.
For decades, Africa has been, and is still, suffering, with the sole exception (...)
Attackers struck a gas pipeline in eastern Syria on Saturday, leaving it ablaze but causing no casualties, state news agency SANA reported, the latest incidence of sabotage against Syria's oil and gas infrastructure.
As in the past, no one claimed (...)
Friday's U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria encourage terrorism in the region, Iran's top security official, Ali Shamkhani, said on Saturday.
Washington said the strikes on positions of the Kataib Hezbollah (KH) (...)
A US airstrike targeting facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Syria appears to be a message to Tehran delivered by a new American administration still figuring out its approach to the Middle East.
The strike was seemingly a response to (...)
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.
The strikes (...)
The Iraqi military on Friday denied exchanging information with the United States regarding targeting certain locations inside Syria, the state news agency reported, after Washington launched air strikes against Iran-backed militias.
The military (...)
It is no secret that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not like to deal with American Democratic administrations such as Obama's or Biden's, as they are likely to push for a settlement with the Palestinians and undertake a nuclear (...)
