October, 2020

• 26 October

  Hariri named as Lebanon's new prime minister

  Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun designated Sunni Muslim politician Saad al-Hariri as prime minister on Thursday to form a new government to tackle the worst crisis since the country’s 1975-1990 civil war.

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• 26 October

  The Tensions and Contradictions in Macron’s Diplomacy With Russia and Turkey

  French President Emmanuel Macron has taken an activist approach recently to a range of thorny and persistent challenges in and around Europe.

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• 26 October

  European Hypocrisy: Empty Words for Palestine, Deadly Weapons for Israel

  In theory, Europe and the United States stand on completely opposite sides when it comes to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. While the US government has fully embraced the tragic status quo created by 53 years of Israeli military occupation, the EU continues to advocate a negotiated settlement that is …

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• 26 October

  Gulf media speculates on Israel-Sudan relations, secret Lebanese talks

  UAE media is speculating on Israel’s possible relationship with Sudan amid widespread rumors across the Middle East. An Israeli delegation visited Khartoum on Wednesday to discuss signing a peace agreement between the two countries, “informed Sudanese sources” told Al Ain News, an online news portal based in the UAE.

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• 26 October

  Albania first Muslim majority state to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition

  The Albanian parliament has endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, making the country one of the first Muslim-majority countries to adopt the definition.The IHRA, an intergovernmental organization with 34 member countries, established an international consensus on a working definition of antisemitism.

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• 26 October

  Nagorno-Karabakh: Transformation From an Ethnic-Territorial to Ethnic-Religious Conflict

  In his book “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, Samuel Huntington cited the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to illustrate the transition of world order and regime changes after the Cold War. However, contrary to Huntington’s belief, conflicts and wars in the Caucasus, including those in Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Abkhazia …

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• 24 October

  Saudi to pay millions for Sudan to accelerate normalisation with Israel

  Sources in Sudan and Egypt have revealed that Saudi Arabia is to pay $335 million to the US in order to accelerate normalisation of ties between the government in Khartoum and Israel, Safa news agency reported on Wednesday.

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• 23 October

  Iran’s Hostile Messages to Kurdistan Region

  Unlike Turkey that fights Kurds directly and by itself, inside and outside, Iran fights Kurds outside its territory, indirectly and via its followers. On 17 October, supporters of Iran-backed, Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi Shi’ite militias group, set fire to the offices of the fifth headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party …

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• 23 October

  Hama battles | Nearly 35 regime soldiers and ISIS members killed in 48 hours

  Syrian Observatory activists have monitored ongoing fierce clashes on several frontlines in the eastern countryside of Hama in the Syrian desert between regime forces and loyalists on one hand, and “Islamic State” on the other, as a part of ISIS attack on the area.

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• 23 October

  Turkey, a taboo word in Sisi’s coy lexicon

  Regional analysts consider Cairo to be playing a blurry political and media game, and this disturbs some of its allies, especially the Gulf states. Whenever Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi refers to Turkey in his speeches, he tends to do it implicitly, and he also deliberately refers to its transgressions …

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