Tagged: Middle East politics
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday visited Oman, a fellow member of the OPEC+ alliance of oil producers, where he met with the Gulf Arab state’s ruling sultan, Omani state media said. U.S.-allied...
Qatar’s Emir will visit Iran soon, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed on Monday during a news conference. “The visit of the Emir of Qatar to Tehran is on the agenda and includes...
Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Israel said on Monday Lavrov’s...
Palestinian militants fired volleys of rockets from Gaza into Israel, which responded with air strikes in the early hours of Thursday in the biggest escalation since an 11-day war last year. A rocket from...
Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to two EU officials and documentation reviewed by Reuters. Among them was Didier Reynders,...
The Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government against Huthi rebels in Yemen’s conflict Tuesday announced a ceasefire from Wednesday morning and peace talks during the Islamic month of Ramadan starting next month. “The coalition...
As the world has been witnessing horrific developments in Ukraine for almost two weeks, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine does not seem to be coming to halt. Though humanitarian corridors have been set...
Fifteen soldiers died Sunday in an Islamic State group attack on an army bus in the central Syrian desert, a war monitor said, as state media reported a “terrorist attack”. Despite the fall of...
The Houthis of Yemen attack the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones on 17th January 2022 has signalled a worrying trend. The attacks provoked a strong response from the...
Israel’s police force, accused by rights groups of improperly using powerful hacking spyware, said on Tuesday it had found “anomalies” in its electronic surveillance that meant the legality of some of its information collection...