A misguided effort to integrate Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the Sudanese Armed Forces led to a tragic but predictable conflict, states Foreign Policy. “Fighting in Sudan began on April 15 after years of [ More … ]
Egypt’s finances remain in a precarious state despite two major currency devaluations this year and a brand new $3 billion International Monetary Fund rescue package, economists say. With debt interest payments set to soak up [ More … ]
Not since the 2013 coup that brought its current leader to power has Egypt been this much in the global spotlight, says Ishaan Tharoor, a prominent WP columnist, in a recent piece “Egyptian authorities are [ More … ]
Egyptians wonder whether their country has officially fallen under international and regional mandate after its most recent deal with the International Monetary Fund, which was announced on 27 October 2022. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [ More … ]
Amid Middle East summit, U.S. allies, including Israel, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, and even Saudi Arabia that did not join the meeting have showed limited support for Ukraine. “In this war, Egypt is not — and [ More … ]
Despite the widespread condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine across the world, yet some Arab countries supported Moscow in its recent moves, a report by The Independent has monitored. As Russia’s invasion unfolds, several [ More … ]
Some observers say the U.S. president’s ‘democracy’ gathering is another failed move to restore America’s global image How Should the Biden Administration Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa? In [ More … ]
Only Iraq and Israel out of all Middle East countries, only Iraq from Arab counties, were invited to attend U.S. president’s recent summit on democracy. What does this say about democracy in the Middle East [ More … ]
Tunisian president was reportedly driven by feud with party elites to seize reins of power in the country, according to Reuters. As he was driven to an urgently scheduled national security meeting with the president, [ More … ]
The West’s silence regarding the situation in Tunisia shows their support for autocratic regimes including those in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who stand behind the coup, former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in an [ More … ]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the government and frozen the parliament in one of Tunisia’s biggest political crises since the 2011 revolution that introduced democracy. President accused of attack on Tunisian democracy after sacking [ More … ]
At the press conference he organized ahead of his visit to the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Brussels, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “Turkey is the only reliable country that can prudently manage the situation in [ More … ]
Many Palestinians are skeptical that a change in the Israeli government due to replace Benjamin Netanyahu will improve their lives, especially amid the controversial comments of PM designate Naftali Bennett. Many Palestinians in the occupied [ More … ]
Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians. Human Rights Watch has released its’ latest human rights report regarding the Israeli Policies saying; Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid [ More … ]
To spite the Turkish government, Al Arabiya Network, funded by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, has chosen to promote an anti-Turkey narrative on the 1915 events related to the Armenian issue. While Armenian Orthodox Patriarch [ More … ]
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