December 2020

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia on 25 November 2020 The United States has accused Russia of being responsible for destabilising the Mediterranean region, saying that it has worked to undermine…

It’s all been erased so completely, so much blood has been shed and destruction wreaked over the past decade. The idea that there was a moment when millions across the Middle East wanted freedom and change so much that they took…

From armed conflict to an "even tougher" economic war, which caused "a further lack of resources and raw materials". Covid-19 makes life even more difficult than before, but the faithful are always "numerous at Mass". The Pope in Iraq…

Last week, Morocco became the fourth Arab state — after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan — to strike a peace deal with Israel. The US-brokered Abraham Accords will almost certainly be remembered as Team Trump’s greatest foreign…

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, a truck carrying parts of the S-400 air defense systems, exits a Russian transport aircraft after landing at Murted military airport outside Ankara, Turkey. The Trump administration is…

Turkey will develop its own defense industry in cooperation with other nations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in a statement Tuesday as he responded to U.S. sanctions on the country’s arms…

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said yesterday that individuals who are profiting from war have sent him messages threatening to seize whatever remains of his assets. In a long post on Facebook, Makhlouf called on his cousin,…

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, a protestor faces riot police officers during a demonstration against the party of Tunisian ruler Ben Ali, in the center of Tunis, Tunisia. Ten years ago, an uprising in Tunisia opened the way…

But to further understand Washington’s reluctance to intervene in Syria, it is essential to assess the relationship between Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the successive US administrations. In his latest book, Rage, American investigative…

AMMAN, 7 December 2020 – UNICEF is appealing for a record high US$ 2.5 billion in emergency funding. The funds will be used to respond to the needs of 39 million children1 with life-saving assistance in the Middle East and North…