Israel army says senior commander resigns over Oct 7 attack
Israel's army said Sunday that a senior commander had resigned over what he called his failure to prevent the October...Geostrategy
Qatar PM, Egypt intelligence chief meet Hamas in Doha
Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in months of negotiations over details for a ceasefire in...Geostrategy
Hyperinflation imminent in Lebanon: Nasser Saidi
A crushing economic crisis, a sharp collapse of the local currency and a bankrupt banking sector are adding to the...Lebanon's banking sector must reduce the size by at least 50 percent if not more, says senior economist Nasser Saidi
Lebanon, he says, will take 5–7 years to recover if it agreed to an IMF program within the next three months
Afghan crisis cements Qatari global influence
Doha's long-standing hotline to the Taliban has helped Qatar burst onto the world stage with its efforts to assist Kabul...Qatar invited the Taliban to open a political office in Doha in 2013.
Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, cut ties with Doha in 2017, accusing it of backing Islamist groups and Iran.
Iran slams US for ‘addiction’ to sanctions, ‘dead end’ policies
Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said President Joe Biden was following the same "dead end" policies as Donald Trump. Khatibzadeh’s...Under Trump's presidency, Washington unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and six major powers.
Biden has said he wants to reintegrate Washington into the pact, but talks in Vienna that began in April have stalled since Ebrahim Raisi won Iran's presidential election in June.
Syria agrees to help Lebanon get gas, electricity
The country has said it is ‘ready’ to help Lebanon with ‘transit for Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity via Syrian...Lebanon’s fuel shortage has reached such proportions that millers have warned they might have to stop making bread
Meanwhile, Unicef has said 4 million Lebanese could lose access to water as pumps run out of fuel
Two years after normalization of ties, Israel names first envoy to Bahrain
Eitan Na'eh had served for eight months as the temporary head of mission at the Israeli embassy in the United...The move came two days after the first Bahraini ambassador to Israel, Khaled Yousif Al Jalahma, inaugurated the Gulf state's embassy in Israel
The UAE and Bahrain signed the US-brokered agreements to establish diplomatic relations with Israel in September 2020
Why Golden Residency is not a privilege
Global economic transformation has pushed governments to implement various programs and reform investment rules to make them more flexible to...The UAE is the only Middle Eastern country that issues Golden Visas.
In 2010, the first golden visa program was launched in Latvia.
US Secretary of State to visit Qatar on Afghan crisis trip
Blinken will spend Monday and Tuesday in Qatar, the largest hub for the evacuations of some 100,000 Afghans in the...Blinken will spend Monday and Tuesday in Qatar, the largest hub for the evacuations of some 100,000 Afghans in the final days
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will leave on a trip Sunday that also begins in Qatar and will also include Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
Iran discusses oil cooperation with China
Iran is hard pressed to sell its oil to countries across the world due to the sanctions placed by the...Iranian Oil Minister Ali Owji has met discussed ways to increase cooperation with the CNPC
CNPC’s Middle East department deputy head Libin Zhang met Owji in Vienna on Thursday
IsDB launches $100m fund in Uzbekistan
The $100-million fund, mainly supported by Saudi investors, will target 34 micro, small, and medium enterprises.The economic development fund is expected to generate 100,000 jobs in the country which is struggling with poverty
The new fund is part of the IsDB’s series of development activities in Uzbekistan, which so far stand at $2.4 billion in value
Taliban close to forming government
The announcement of a cabinet may take place on Friday following afternoon prayersThe announcement of a cabinet may take place on Friday following afternoon prayers
The Islamist militants, who have pledged a softer brand of rule than during their brutal reign of 1996-2001, must now transform from insurgent group to governing power
