Moegammad Fasiegh

The first day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Sudan was interrupted by gunfire, aerial bombardment and rocket launchers, as the sound of battle mingled with calls praising Allah coming from the minarets of mosques. Despite a three-day truce called by the United Nations, United States and others to mark the Muslim holiday, the sixth day of armed clashes saw no let up in bloody battles between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid […]

The Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tariq, issued a decree on Sunday allowing Omani citizens to marry foreign nationals without the need for a permit from the government. Royal Decree No. 23/2023 has seven articles and supersedes and cancels Royal Decree No. 58/93, as well as any related decisions made in its implementation, the Omani News Agency reported. Article 2 of the decree states that the provisions of this decree shall not […]

Tunisian police have detained opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi and raided the headquarters of his Ennahda party, party officials said. Police raided Ghannouchi’s house on Monday evening, carrying out a search before taking him to what party officials called an “unknown destination”. Hours later, they began a raid on Ennahda’s headquarters. Tunisian authorities have detained a number of high-profile critics of President Kais Saied. The former law professor, elected in 2019 amid public […]

The International Monetary Fund wants Egypt to enact more of the reforms that Cairo has committed to before it conducts the first review of the country’s $3bn rescue package, Bloomberg News has reported. The Washington-based lender wants Cairo to privatise certain state assets and allow flexibility in the Egyptian pound to make sure the review is successful, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. IMF Managing […]

Efforts are underway on Sunday to evacuate hundreds of civilians, including schoolchildren, caught in the middle of the clashes that broke out between the Sudanese army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary near the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum. Aid workers told Middle East Eye that negotiations were ongoing to convince the warrying parties to open safe corridors for evacuation operations, adding that "the operation may begin in the coming hours immediately […]