Fight for these State Department workers detained in Turkey
Henri J. Barkey is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University and a senior fellow for the Middle East at the Council on Foreign…
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World Bank to extend $250m to Jordan in August
The World Bank (WB) will provide Jordan with $250 million in August as part of $500 million in concessional financing to support Jordan’s ongoing reforms,…
Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister amid unrest over poor services
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi suspended his electricity minister on Sunday amid continuing protests over poor public services especially power cuts and rampant corruption, the…
Egyptian court sentences 75 people to death over 2013 demonstration
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death for participating in a 2013 demonstration in support of deposed-President Mohamed Morsy, and referred their…
Egypt: Passenger train derails near city of Aswan, 6 injured
An Egyptian passenger train derailed Sunday near the southern city of Aswan, injuring at least six people and prompting authorities to fire the chief of…
High-ranking Yemeni spy assassinated in Yemen
A high-ranking Yemeni intelligence officer was assassinated in the capital Aden, according to security sources. Colonel Nasser Makrij, a former intelligence officer, was assassinated in…
291 Palestinian children being held in Israeli prisons
A total of 291 Palestinians are currently in Israeli prisons, a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official said on Sunday. In a statement, Hanan Ashrawi, a…
At least 36 Houthi rebels killed in Yemen clashes
At least 36 Houthi rebels were killed and 50 others injured in the clashes between Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels on Sunday. The clashes…
Expulsion of all military aggressors from Syria imminent: Diplomat
Syria’s acting chargé d’affaires to the United Nations says all military aggressors will leave the Arab country soon as the army and its allies gain more ground…
President Aliyev changes composition of Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia joint commission
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev signed an order on July 27 amending the Order on the Approval of the New Azerbaijani Composition of the Joint Commission…