Middle Orient

Launched at the 2023 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New Delhi, the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) features three pillars that integrate existing and future infrastructure: a transportation pillar—the corridor’s backbone—integrating rail and maritime networks, an energy pillar with interconnected energy and electricity infrastructure across continents, and a digital …

On August 18, Hamas accepted a new cease-fire proposal for the war in Gaza. The deal, which had just been presented by Egypt and Qatar and closely echoed earlier proposals shaped by the United States that Israel had backed without approving, called for the release of ten of the remaining …

The 12-day war in June, which saw the United States join Israel in bombing Iran, was the culmination of four decades of mistrust, antipathy, and confrontation. Since its inception in 1979, the Islamic Republic has not wavered in its anti-Americanism, and the United States has unfailingly responded by exerting greater …

Egoistic Leaders against Peace and Humanity Authoritarian leaders propel insanity and dystopian supremacy using democracy to shield their crimes against humanity. A hybrid culture, part human and part vulture. The Arab-Muslim world lives in fantasy as puppets as paper boys claiming to be negotiating peace but cannot mold nor mourn …

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On the streets of Tehran, the oppressive heat continues, with a drought and water crisis putting the city of 10 million under pressure. The 12-day war between Israel and Iran may have ended in June, but nerves are frayed. Some Iranians have fled abroad, while others have returned from their …

For the first time in half a century, Damascus and its surrounding countryside are experiencing an unprecedented water shortage that has forced authorities to implement the most severe water rationing program since the 1950s, according to local experts. Residents now receive water just once every three days instead of every …

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty vowed that Cairo will block Netanyahu’s vision of a ‘Greater Israel’ Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has vowed that Cairo will not permit “Greater Israel” to become reality, denouncing recent Israeli statements as dangerous and destabilising. Speaking at an emergency session of the Organisation of …

Israel’s assault on Gaza City intensifies: tanks and airstrikes demolish entire blocks in a bid to seize control. Israel is levelling entire neighbourhoods in its push to occupy Gaza City on Wednesday, using tanks and airstrikes to flatten residential blocks. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces continue …

Israeli forces stormed Ramallah and raided an exchange office, injuring dozens of people, amid further raids in Jerusalem and across the West Bank The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that 33 Palestinians were injured when Israeli forces stormed Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, using live fire, rubber …