Middle East
Israel bans visits to military cemeteries, imposes Ramadan curfew
Israel’s Cabinet banned visits to military cemeteries on Memorial Day and imposed a curfew on Arab towns for the month of Ramadan. ...
Turkish-backed rebels fight each other in Ras al-Ain, Syria
Syrian rebel groups backed by Turkey clashed with each other in the border town they captured from Kurdish forces last year. ...
Intel: Trump administration claims Palestinian aid not reaching people who need it
Apr 22, 2020 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a new argument today to justify the Donald Trump administration’s elimination of nearly all...
First confirmed coronavirus case in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp
A Palestinian refugee woman tested positive for the coronavirus in Lebanon amid fears that the conditions in such camps could lead to an...
Erdogan says life in Turkey could return to normal by late May
The Turkish president also said the country was facing its biggest economic crisis since World War II. Apr 22, 2020 Turkey...
Re: Labour’s anti-Semitism crises fuelled by right-wing faction to undermine Corbyn says new report
Shocking details of a conspiracy at the heart of the British Labour Party aimed to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn’s chance of winning an election was...
Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants killed in Cairo gun battle
An Egyptian policeman and seven suspected militants have been killed in an exchange of gunfire in Cairo, the ministry of interior said in a...
Re: Bahrain to pay salaries of private sector employees for 3 months
The Bahraini government announced yesterday that it will spend 215 million Bahraini dinars ($570 million) on the salaries of 100,000 employees working in the...
Re: Tunisia: ‘We are ready to counter any terrorist plot’
Tunisian Interior Minister Hisham El-Mechishi announced yesterday that “the security forces are ready to counter any terrorist plot that might take advantage of the...
Re: Spain condemns Syria regime’s use of chemical weapons – Middle East Monitor
Spain’s Foreign Ministry yesterday strongly condemned the Syrian regime’s use of chemical attacks on civilians in 2017. In an official statement, the ministry criticised...
Re: Egypt to compensate doctors who contract coronavirus on the job
Egypt’s Medical Syndicate yesterday said it would compensate medical personnel who had contracted the coronavirus, paying them 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,267) or paying families of...
The White House Blessed a War in Libya, but Russia Won It
TRIPOLI — Early last spring, just before a planned American-backed peace conference between warring factions in Libya, the aspiring Libyan strongman Khalifa Hifter arranged...