EU urges immediate halt to Israel-Hezbollah war as Israeli attacks kill more in Gaza and Lebanon
Israeli attacks have killed dozens in Gaza and Lebanon is the past 24 hours, while EU chief visits Beirut asking...Geostrategy
Iraqis face tough homecoming a decade after IS rampage
Hassan Shami, Iraq - A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children...Geostrategy
Crown Prince’s visit: Egyptian, Saudi firms sign deals worth $7.7 bn
The accords were related to "infrastructure, logistical services, port management, agri-foods, the pharmaceutical industry, fossil fuels and renewable energy, and...Trade between Egypt and the kingdom leapt more than 62 percent last year compared with 2020, reaching $9.1 billion, according to official Egyptian figures.
Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia are an important source of foreign currency, with transfers worth more than $11 billion in the 2020-2021 financial year.
Lebanon inks gas deal with Egypt to enhance power supply
Lebanon's crumbling electricity sector has cost the country more than $40 billion since the end of its 1975-1990 civil war.Grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis, Lebanon launched talks with Egypt last year to import gas.
Two years into Lebanon's economic meltdown, the state is struggling to purchase fuel for its power stations.
UAE, Israel export credit agencies to back Ghana healthcare project
Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) and Israel Export Insurance Corporation have entered into an agreement under which ECI will provide buyer’s...The project involves construction of four healthcare facilities in Ghana, including a general hospital in the country's largest port city, Tema.
The agreement is related to the first Public-Private Partnership project between the UAE and Israel after the signing of the historic Abraham Accords in September 2020.
Jordan ranks 57, improves position in Global Peace Index
Jordan strengthened its position on several security indicators, especially on the crime rates in society and the indicator of security...Jordan moved up for the third year in a row on the Global Peace Index in 2022 to be ranked third in the Arab world
The Kingdom was ranked third among the countries in the MENA region, in 2021 it was fourth
Israeli interior minister visits Morocco as cooperation grows
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked arrived Monday in Morocco for a string of meetings with officials, a diplomatic source said,...Shaked’s visit came as Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid agreed to dissolve their fraught governing coalition
Morocco had cut relations with Israel in 2000 following the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada
Turkey holds to its stance, objects Finland, Sweden joining NATO
Turkey on Monday said it did not view next week's NATO summit as a final deadline for resolving its objections...Ankara has also demanded the two countries lift their weapons freezes on Turkey
Erdogan's foreign policy chief Ibrahim Kalin reported no breakthrough at the Brussels talks
Tunisia president receives draft constitution, month before referendum
A legal expert charged with writing a new constitution presented a draft to Tunisian President Kais Saied Monday, less than...Sadeq Belaid, the legal expert appointed to head a committee drafting the new document, handed the draft to the president
Saied this year consolidated his power grab by dissolving parliament, moving to rule by decree and seizing control of the judiciary
UN chief calls on Security Council to extend Syria cross-border aid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the Security Council to extend its authorization of cross-border aid into northwest...Nearly 10,000 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid passed through Bab al-Hawa last year bound for the rebel-held Idlib region
Russia has long called for the West to participate in Syria's reconstruction, but some members of the Security Council, most vocally France, have refused
Iraqi migrant in Britain fears Rwanda deportation
Nearly a week ago, Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali found himself in the unimaginable position of being aboard a deportation...The 25-year-old was among a handful of asylum seekers who were due to be the first of many sent from the United Kingdom under a controversial resettlement deal with Rwanda
He was later transferred to Colnbrook migrant detention center, close to Heathrow Airport
Israeli coalition to dissolve parliament, force new elections
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday his governing coalition will dissolve parliament next week, a shock announcement that will...The coalition of hawks, left-wingers and Arab Islamists temporarily ushered Israel out of an unprecedented era of political gridlock
But after a series of defections that put the coalition on the brink of collapse, Bennett said he would support a bill to dissolve parliament next week
