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Israeli leader to meet with Biden as tensions grow in Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with President Joe Biden comes as tensions rise with its regional arch enemy, Iran, and as Israel renews its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip amid Palestinian protests. Bennett, in his first state visit overseas since taking office, was scheduled on Wednesday to meet with senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and on Thursday with Biden. […]

25 August 2021

International News

West Bank hospitals inundated while Israel tosses surplus vaccines

When Issa Saafi rushed his ill mother to the Ramallah government hospital, one of the primary hospitals in the occupied West Bank city, he never anticipated that it would turn into one of his worst nightmares. Safiya Saafi, 70, had fallen ill with Covid-19-like symptoms at her home in Ramallah’s Jalazone Refugee Camp. At the time, her children didn’t think much of it, as she seemed to be doing okay. […]

18 March 2021

International News

Research reveals British military operating in scores of locations across Middle East

The UK government is maintaining a military presence at scores of facilities across the Middle East, according to research conducted by a London-based investigative journalism outlet. There are British forces personnel serving at 15 locations in Saudi Arabia and 16 in Oman, according to a report published by Declassified, which investigates UK foreign policy and military activities. The UK is operating 23 military bases across the region, including Cyprus, and […]

25 November 2020

International News

‘Inshallah’: Biden uses Arabic expression over release of Trump’s tax returns

Many Middle East-related policy questions that would affect the lives of millions of people hang over the outcome of the US presidential elections in November: a possible return to the Iran nuclear deal; Washington's relations with Riyadh; and the White House stance on the Israeli-Palestinians conflict amongst other issues. But as Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred in their first presidential debate - in the absence of foreign policy discussions […]

30 September 2020

International News

IMF warns of deeper MENA recession and rising social unrest risks

The economic outlook for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was already grim as the region struggles to cope with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, that horizon darkened further as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected an even deeper recession for the region, and warned of the spectre of rekindling social unrest as inequality and poverty deepens. The IMF now sees economic growth in the Middle […]

14 July 2020

International News

UN envoy says Israel must ‘abandon threats of annexation’

The United Nations' special Middle East envoy called on Israel to drop plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, joining a growing international chorus of opposition. Envoy Nickolay Mladenov also called on the Palestinians to resume talks with the so-called Quartet, comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations. "Israel must abandon threats of annexation," Mladenov said during a meeting of the UN […]

21 May 2020

International News

Turkey says UAE spreading chaos in Middle East

Turkey accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of bringing chaos to the Middle East through its interventions in Libya and Yemen, allegations which are likely to inflame tensions between the regional rivals. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was responding to criticism of Turkey’s role in the Libyan conflict, where it has deployed military personnel and helped send Syrian fighters to support the internationally recognised government in Tripoli. The United Arab […]

13 May 2020

International News

World ‘on brink of coronavirus pandemic’

The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan at the end of last year. The number of new coronavirus infections inside China was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere on Wednesday, with Italy, Iran and South Korea emerging as new hotspots for COVID-19. World […]

27 February 2020

International News

WHO warns that time left to curb deadly coronavirus epidemic is “narrowing”

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the window of opportunity to stem the deadly coronavirus epidemic was "narrowing" amid concern about a surge in cases with no clear link to China, including in a range of countries in the Middle East. Iran's health ministry reported one more death among 10 new cases of the infection, known as COVID-19. That brough the toll in Iran to five and the number of infections […]

22 February 2020

Middle East

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