Emergency laws amendments amid Coronavirus outbreak in Egypt
Amendments to Egypt’s emergency laws were approved by the country’s parliament on Wednesday that give expanded powers to the presidency and the military prosecution...
Saudi-Iranian proxy war over Syria spreads to Davos
Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to...
Netanyahu moves to dampen inflammatory Al-Aqsa talk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled Tuesday to contain inflammatory rhetoric from his government over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, at the heart of a...
Turkey, Russia face conflicts over Syria’s push into Idlib
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ankara and Moscow are again facing an escalation of violence in Syria's last rebel-held territory, a development that puts...
Why Washington ignored torture by Iraqi militias
It was one of the most shocking events in one of the most brutal periods in Iraq's history. In late 2005, two years after...
Nearly 300 million students deprived of school amid Coronavirus outbreak
In an attempt to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, the authorities closed schools in more than a dozen countries on Thursday and almost...
UAE armed Libya factions and wooed envoy with job offer
The United Arab Emirates shipped weapons to Libyan factions fighting Islamists while offering a $50,000-month job to the UN envoy negotiating a peace deal...
Saudi Foreign Minister warns: "Russian military aid to Assad will worsen situation"
Russian pledge for continued military support for Syria’s Bashar Assad despite growing concerns expressed by the Arab countries will further worsen the situation in...
Gaza reconstruction lacking two years after war
Two years after Gaza's last devastating conflict with Israel, rights groups vented frustration Thursday over the slow pace of reconstruction in the Palestinian territory...
How the war on Isis is redrawing the map of the Middle East
New borders are being drawn, new fiefdoms are being carved out and the seeds of potential conflicts are being sown
Along the vast, zigzagging perimeter...
