Middle East
Iran’s strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talks
March 20, 2022
Iran’s strike on Iraq puts US in awkward position amid nuclear talks
Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) – The United States appears to be keen to tell the world that it wasn’t the…
Syrians are watching in horror as Putin deploys the Aleppo playbook in Ukraine
March 20, 2022
Syrians are watching in horror as Putin deploys the Aleppo playbook in Ukraine
Istanbul (CNN) – Abdel Kafi al-Hamdo cannot get Ukraine out of his mind. The 36-year-old Syrian spends his days following…
Turkey opens record-breaking bridge between Europe and Asia
March 19, 2022
Turkey opens record-breaking bridge between Europe and Asia
Istanbul (Reuters) — President Tayyip Erdogan opened a massive suspension bridge across Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait on Friday, the latest in…
Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day, the biggest mass execution in decades
March 18, 2022
Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in one day, the biggest mass execution in decades
(Reuters)Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on Saturday, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offenses including holding “deviant…
Missiles hit Kurdish capital in Iraq, no casualties, officials say
March 18, 2022
Missiles hit Kurdish capital in Iraq, no casualties, officials say
(CNN)A dozen ballistic missiles struck Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil early Sunday morning, local officials said. The missiles were…
How the Ukraine war revealed Europe’s selective empathy on refugees
March 17, 2022
How the Ukraine war revealed Europe’s selective empathy on refugees
Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN)The West has shown unprecedented coordination and unity in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Governments,…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori arrive in the UK after being freed from Iran
March 17, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori arrive in the UK after being freed from Iran
(CNN)Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian aid worker who has been held in Iran for almost six years, has arrived back in the United…
Israel says detected new coronavirus mutant combining two strains
March 16, 2022
Israel says detected new coronavirus mutant combining two strains
Israeli media announced the detection of a new coronavirus variant that combines two strains of the virus in two patients,…
Israel: We will abide by sanctions imposed against Russia
March 15, 2022
Israel: We will abide by sanctions imposed against Russia
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday, during a visit to Slovakia that Israel would not be a way…
EU expresses ‘grave concern’ about human rights violations in Yemen
March 15, 2022
EU expresses ‘grave concern’ about human rights violations in Yemen
The EU expressed “grave concern” on Tuesday regarding human rights violations in Yemen, calling on all parties to respect human…