Egypt and Turkey opened talks in Cairo on Wednesday, seeking to normalise relations after eight years of sharp differences over a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. The landmark, two-day talks, the first between the two Muslim nations since 2013, are being held at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in …
Read More »Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief meets with Syrian counterpart in Damascus
The meeting takes place during the first official visit to Damascus by Saudi Arabia since 2012. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief met with his Syrian counterpart in Damascus on Monday in a sign of possible rapprochement between the two governments a decade after relations were severed. London-based Rai al-Youm news outlet …
Read More »Yemeni missiles, drones target depth of Saudi Arabia
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said that they had targeted military positions belonging to the Saudi coalition in Khamis Mushait with four“Qasef-2K” drones and 2 Badr ballistic missiles. “In the offensive operation, military positions at Najran Airport and King Khalid Air Base have been targeted. And our …
Read More »Turkey Seizes Alleged Top ISIS Man
Turkish authorities on Sunday said they had arrested a top ISIS commander and close aide of the terror group’s former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a military raid conducted last week in Istanbul. According to police and Turkey’s intelligence agency, the unnamed Afghan man assisted al-Baghdadi in hiding in Syria’s …
Read More »Iran: Any Sanctions Relief Will be Used Against Americans
Iran’s economy is state-led. Significant parts of the economy are controlled by just two major entities: the Office of the Supreme Leader, led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…. The IRGC and its front companies have a stake in almost every sector of Iran’s economy …
Read More »Israeli settlers attack Palestinian following shooting of Israeli students in West Bank
Clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians have occurred several times in the Palestinian territory this year. A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian man in the West Bank today, according to Palestinian officials. The attack took place around noon local time in the town of Far’ata west of the …
Read More »Israel not reassured by Biden’s meeting with Mossad chief
President Joe Biden told Mossad chief Yossi Cohen in the White House that the United States will not abandon Israel on Iran. US President Joe Biden and Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen met on April 30 at the White House. A spokesperson for the American National Security Council said Cohen’s original …
Read More »US denies Iran claims of prisoner deal; UK plays it down
The United States and Iran are in active talks over the release of prisoners, a person familiar with the discussions said Sunday as Washington denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been struck. Prisoner swaps between the U.S. and Iran are not uncommon and both countries in …
Read More »Les Turcs en France: un «isolat» séparatiste?
«L’assimilation est un crime contre l’humanité» affirmait le président turc Erdogan en Allemagne en 2008. En France, qu’il se rassure, les immigrés turcs ne se caractérisent pas franchement par leur assimilation. Chiffres. Au mois d’octobre 2020, diverses villes de France ont été le théâtre des mêmes scènes stupéfiantes. À Dijon, …
Read More »A Palestinian State: What Would Ben Gurion Have Said?
When the decision to hold the elections was first declared, some of us hoped that it would provide an opportunity for Palestinians to attempt three changes in their political trajectory: to organize a change of generations at the top levels of political decision-making, to forge a minimum of understanding among …
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