What is really going on in Saudi Arabia?
If Israel itself actually had to do all the ugly deeds it wants done in the region, the world would see it with blinding clarity for the pariah state that it truly is, said Foreign [ More … ]
If Israel itself actually had to do all the ugly deeds it wants done in the region, the world would see it with blinding clarity for the pariah state that it truly is, said Foreign [ More … ]
Lebanese prime minister said that while he would be returning to Lebanon, his family would be remaining in the kingdom Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced on Twitter that he would be returning from Saudi [ More … ]
Somalia’s security forces conducted a military operation killing 81 Al-Shabaab fighters, the Somali Minister of Information confirmed. Special Forces attacked the Al-Shabaab camp in Jilib district on Saturday, based in the Middle Jubba region in [ More … ]
There is a lack of preparedness in countering the insurgency and the wave of repression has not led to an improved security situation, on the contrary, Cairo has now become more of a target, said [ More … ]
A much-awaited live interview was done with Hariri on Sunday night by Future TV, a channel associated with his political party. It sought to dispel those rumors, but also raised some new questions. When Lebanon’s [ More … ]
BY: Dr. Said Elhaj* Some politicians resort to addressing the world public opinion at significant political or historical stations through publishing articles in worldwide newspapers. This is exactly what Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas did on [ More … ]
Over the past year, hundreds of Egyptian citizens have reportedly been forcibly disappeared, victims of Egypt’s U.S.-backed war on terror. Some of those have then been pronounced dead in a later counterterrorism operation, with the [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates is working to influence the narrative on Islam in the West, leaked emails sent by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al-Otaiba, have revealed, according to MEM which obtained a copy [ More … ]
On Friday afternoon, Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, declared in a televised speech that Saad Hariri, Lebanon’s recently resigned prime minister, is being held against his will by Saudi Arabia, which is why “we deem the resignation [ More … ]
BY: Middle East Observer Staff In 2011, everyone in the Middle East thought that the old regimes were toppled and a new system with a new spirit, more youthful, more revolutionary was replacing it. It [ More … ]
The head of the Palestinian police said on Wednesday that Hamas must disarm to allow a landmark reconciliation deal signed last month with rivals Fatah to succeed. The head of the Palestinian Authority police said [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has reportedly made more arrests and frozen more bank accounts in a growing anti-corruption crackdown that has netted dozens of royals and high-profile businessmen. Saudi Arabia has made more arrests and frozen more [ More … ]
By : Middle East Observer Staff The last days in the rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia have witnessed an unprecedented political earthquake, others prefer to describe it as “Tsunami”. Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman has [ More … ]
The Saudi-led coalition has enforced a new embargo on Yemen, closing land, sea and air links to the war-torn country. Yemen’s air, sea and land borders were shut down by the Saudi-led coalition on Monday, [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has urged Libya’s warring factions to investigate civilian deaths in Derna and hold those responsible to account, after unidentified aircraft attacked the eastern city. Human Rights Watch has called for warring factions [ More … ]
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