Month: December 2019

Anti-US protests erupt around Baghdad embassy

Protesters and militia fighters enraged by U.S. air strikes on Iraq staged a violent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, torching a security post and hurling stones as security forces and embassy guards hit back with stun grenades and tear gas. Iraqi officials said the ambassador and other staff had been evacuated […]

CIA finds way to sabotage air defence missiles sold to allies

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has devised technology to restrict the use of anti-aircraft missiles after they leave American hands, a researcher said, a move that experts say could persuade the United States that it would be safe to disseminate powerful weapons more frequently. The new technology is intended for use with shoulder-fired missiles called […]

Nissan executive takes refugee in Lebanon

Former Nissan and Renault Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was barred from leaving Japan whilst awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, on Tuesday said he was in Lebanon. “I have not fled justice – I have escaped injustice and political persecution,” Ghosn said in a statement. He said would “no longer be held hostage by […]

Leviathan gas field begins production

Israel’s largest energy project started production on Tuesday, paving the way for multi-billion dollar natural gas export deals with Egypt and Jordan to begin in the coming weeks. Gas began flowing from the massive offshore Leviathan field in the early morning after regulatory delays and court petitions by groups opposing the project raised doubts that […]

Iraq rethinking anti-ISIS coalition following US airstrikes

Iraq said on Monday that United States military air strikes targeting Iraqi paramilitary groups will force it to reconsider its relationship and work with the U.S.-led international anti-Islamic State coalition stationed there. Iraq’s National Security Council said in a statement the U.S. air strikes were a violation of sovereignty and that U.S. forces acted based […]

Death of Ahmed Gaid Salah leaves Algeria at a crossroads

Just 11 days after Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected president of a deeply polarised Algeria, the country’s powerful military chief Lt Gen Ahmed Gaid Salah died of a heart attack. This unexpected development has prompted questions about the future of Algeria's political system; it is obviously too soon to tell if Gaid Salah's death will bring […]

Iraqi militias ready for further US attacks

A top Iraqi militia leader warned of a strong response against U.S. forces in Iraq following air strikes in Iraq and Syria overnight that hit several bases of his Iranian-backed group and killed at least 25 people. The U.S. military carried out air strikes on Sunday against the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group in response […]

Israel to Transfer Land Register from Civil Administration to Court of Justice

The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements stated in its latest weekly report , that just days away separate us from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - ICC, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda’s announcement of the end of the preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine, and accepting the jurisdiction of the ICC […]

Exxon Mobile heading to Egyptian shores

Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday it acquired 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt, with operations scheduled to begin in 2020. The acquisition includes acreage in the 1.2 million North Marakia Offshore block located about five miles offshore Egypt’s northern coast and 543,000 acres in the North East El Amriya Offshore block in the […]

German, Turkish, Russian talks on Libyan settlement

German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed efforts to reach a diplomatic solution for the Libyan conflict in separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whose government intends to send troops to Libya, a government spokesman said on Monday. Turkey’s foreign minister has warned that the Libyan conflict risks sliding into […]

Russian gas headed to Bulgaria via Turkey

Bulgaria will start receiving natural gas from Russia’s Gazprom via Turkey from Jan. 1 and would no longer use the route through Ukraine and Romania, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on Monday. Petkova said the new route via the TurkStream pipeline would be more economically viable and could result in around a 5% decrease in […]

Muslim Palestinian help make Christmas dolls in Gaza

Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community. Their Santa Claus dolls, toy Christmas trees and red-and-white puppets come into high demand over the holiday season in Gaza, Bethlehem and Italy. Though most of Gaza’s 2 million […]

Sudan expects $1.62 billion shortfall in 2020 budget

Sudan has passed its 2020 budget that includes an overall deficit of about 73 billion Sudanese pounds ($1.62 billion), Finance Minister Ibrahim Elbadawi said on Sunday. The country’s ruling sovereign council and Cabinet agreed the budget - the country’s first since the toppling of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, whose final years in power were marked […]

Bahrain endorses US attacks in Syria, Iraq

Bahrain expressed support for strikes conducted by the United States targeting Kataib Hezbollah facilities in Iraq and Syria, Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The U.S. military carried out air strikes against the militia group in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, U.S. […]

US says anti-Shiite strike successful, more to come

U.S. officials said on Sunday that air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed militia group were successful, but warned that “additional actions” may still be taken in the region to defend U.S. interests. The U.S. military carried out the strikes on Sunday against the Kataib Hezbollah militia group in response to the killing […]

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