The United States formally withdrew on November 22 from the Open Skies Treaty, an 18-year-old arms control and verification agreement that Washington repeatedly accused Moscow of violating.
Read More »Sudan boycotts faltering talks over Ethiopia’s mega-dam
Sudan boycotted talks on Saturday between Nile Valley countries over Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam, calling on the African Union to play a greater role in pushing forward the negotiations that have stalled for years. It was the first time that Sudan refused to attend talks with Ethiopia and its northern neighbor …
Read More »Egypt hosts 'Sword of Arabs' military exercise in Marsa Matrouh
Egypt is hosting a joint military exercise dubbed ‘Sword of Arabs’, from 17-26 November, with the participation of five Arab countries, a statement by the Egyptian Armed Forces said.
Read More »Yemen’s Houthis hit Saudi Aramco site in Jeddah
Houthi rebels strike an oil facility in the port city in an attack confirmed by Saudi authorities. Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said it struck a distribution station operated by oil giant Saudi Aramco with a missile in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah.
Read More »Netanyahu meets Saudi crown prince MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia
The plane returned to Israel after only a few hours. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Neom, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Israeli sources have confirmed.
Read More »Germany angers Turkey with attempt to police Libya arms embargo
Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally.
Read More »Gantz: Netanyahu hurt Israel by leaking Saudi trip
Defense and foreign ministers left in dark on PM’s Saudi trip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not inform Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz or Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi when he went to Saudi Arabia on Sunday night, political sources revealed on Monday.
Read More »Netanyahu meets Saudi crown prince MBS, Pompeo in Saudi Arabia
The plane returned to Israel after only a few hours. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Neom, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Israeli sources have confirmed.
Read More »Conflict over Muslim Brotherhood still separating Egypt, Turkey
Cairo is said to be waiting for what will emerge from the recent phone conversation between the Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan. Well-informed Egyptian sources revealed that the close relations between Egypt and Saudi Arabia did not prevent “each country from keeping a margin …
Read More »Iran has a new warship packed with drones and missiles
On its surface this is just a transport ship, but Iran has crowded its deck with all sorts of weapons to show off what it can do. Iran unveiled a new ship over the weekend called the Shahid Roudaki. It is part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was …
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