Washington’s insistence on staying in Syria under the pretext of “containing ISIS” is rather weak, says Fulbright scholar Ali Demirdas. The Iranian drone strike against the American military base in northern Syria that killed one [ More … ]
A report published by Mada Masr revealed that former Egyptian Member of Parliament and chairman of the El-Karama (Dignity) Party, Ahmed Tantawi, left Cairo for Beirut, a few days ago, “after security directives to keep [ More … ]
Egyptians renewed online criticism of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, hours after he said he was “saddened” by a similar campaign a few weeks ago, reports Reuters. The Twitter hashtag “Leave, Sisi” was the [ More … ]
UAE says Abdullah left country ‘without any obstruction,’ provides no details on his destination The United Arab Emirates said on Sunday that an exiled member of Qatar’s ruling family who had appeared in a video [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left Cairo on Monday after a two-day visit to meet his Egyptian counterpart, Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, and other officials. The meeting was attended by the Egyptian and Palestinian heads of [ More … ]
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan left his country on Wednesday on a “private” foreign visit, the third of its kind since the UAE announced in January 2014 that he [ More … ]
US State Department said Monday that Kurdish leadership of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) promised the U.S. that Arabs would retake the Syrian Manbij city once it is liberated from Daesh, according to Anadolu Agency. “We do [ More … ]
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