
MEO : Weekly Newsletter “21-27 February 2017”

U.S.-backed Kurdish militias have captured more villages as it prepares for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, which will start early in April. At the height of its power two years ago, Islamic [ More … ]
U.S.-backed Kurdish militias have cut the highway between the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Raqqa and its stronghold of Deir Ezzor province, blocking the last main road out of Raqqa on Monday, according to Kurdish [ More … ]
Defying the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, four Arab states gave their support to the Middle East peace plan overseen by Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, leaving the Israeli-Palestinian peace [ More … ]
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