Month: September 2021

Uzbekistan is the most tourist-friendly country in Central Asia

Uzbekistan is, by far, the most tourist-friendly country in Central Asia and an unmissable destination for sightseeing city lovers, because this is what Uzbekistan is mainly about. With almost half its landmass covered by desert, remote, mysterious Uzbekistan, a landlocked country of 33 million in Central Asia, is slowly starting to unravel its secrets to […]

Libya in roadmap talks with Saudi

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held talks with his Libyan counterpart, Najla Mangoush, in the capital, Riyadh, on Thursday, during her visit to the Kingdom. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the importance of supporting all means and international efforts to lay the foundations for security and stability in Libya and […]

Israel looking into Hezbollah's claim it downed one of its drones

Israel said it was investing an incident on Thursday after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said it had shot down an Israeli drone in the south of Lebanon. A statement by the armed group said it had brought down the drone on the outskirts of the village of Yater by targeting it with “suitable weapons.” “A short […]

Iraq, Holland, UN want to repatriate Iraqis, Syrians

Iraq and the Netherlands joined the UN agencies responsible for children and counter-terrorism to launch a global framework to support UN member states willing to repatriate their citizens from Iraq and Syria on Wednesday. Thousands of suspected foreign terrorist fighters are currently being held in detention facilities after the collapse of Daesh in Iraq and […]

UN special envoy condemns Israeli land seizures in report to UN Security Council

Israel has continued to destroy structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Tor Wennesland, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the Security Council on Wednesday. The council heard how Israel has since July demolished and seized Palestinian-owned structures across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Wennesland said Israeli authorities conducted the […]

Lebanese families take to streets as Beirut blast probe blocked, again

Relatives of people killed in last year’s Beirut port explosion protested on Wednesday against the suspension of a probe into the tragedy. The blast killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands and devastated the capital. Tarek Bitar, the judge leading the investigation, had to suspend his work on Monday after what the families and human […]

Hezbollah vows to remove key judge from Beirut blast probe

A senior official in the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah told the judge investigating the disastrous Beirut port blast that it would remove him from the probe, according to a journalist who says she conveyed the message and a judicial source. Judge Tarek Bitar described the message in a letter to the public prosecutor, said the […]

US and Qatar coordinate new sanctions wave against Hezbollah finances

The US Treasury Department Wednesday announced sanctions on a Hezbollah financial network based in the Arabian Peninsula, with support from Qatar. In the release, the US government noted that it designated these individuals and entities in “coordinated actions” with Qatar. Among the designations were Ali Reda Hassan al-Banai (Ali al-Banai), Ali Reda al-Qassabi Lari, and Abd al-Muayyid […]

Putin, Erdogan hold defence talks on Syria

The presidents of Russia and Turkey on Wednesday began talks on curbing renewed violence in northwest Syria and on possibly expanding Moscow’s sales of military defence systems to Ankara despite U.S. objections. The talks are taking place in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi and the Kremlin said that President Vladimir Putin was ending […]

US says no to normalisation with victorious Assad regime

Washington suspended its diplomatic presence in Syria in 2012 and later imposed sanctions on President Al-Assad’s government. According to a US State Department spokesman, the United States has no plans to “normalize or upgrade” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s diplomatic relations with the government and does not encourage others to do so. Comments responded to a […]

Crime, Oppression and Corruption in Lebanon: The Failed State Trilogy

Unlike neighboring countries, discussing corruption-related offences in Lebanon has rarely been a taboo. Those leading oppressive and extravagant regimes fail to realize they carry the seeds of their own failure. What is not always understood is how corruption bred from oppression affects the country’s social stability and security systems. By Lea-Ann MoussallemUnder such conditions, legal […]

The Third Night

V and Angel are working togetheron this evening.It is very hot out,all the windows to penthouse are openand a warm breeze is blowingthrough the room.Angel and V are hanging outbeside the refreshing cool poolin the middle of the room,watching the exotic fish.Too hot for shirt and pants here. Knock knock, at the door.“Come in.” both […]

Dune 2021 in Perspective: A Tale of Lofty Intentions buried under somebody else’s Sandcastles -- PART II

By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD ... There are problems with costumes too and makeup and hairdos. The Harkonnens here are all bald, in emulation of the Baron. But in the original novel they are bronze blonds and have big lips, and in the old movie they are redish blond and have a distinct haircut, and […]

Jake Sullivan headed to Cairo next for Hamas talks

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is heading to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian government officials about rising tensions between Israel and Hamas. The Biden administration is leaning heavily on Egypt, which has long played a role as mediator between Israel and Hamas, for help in maintaining stability in the region […]

Amidst constitutional crisis Tunis president appoints woman PM

Tunisian President Kais Saied has named Najla Bouden Romdhane as prime minister and asked her to quickly form a government, the presidency said in a statement on social media on Wednesday. Romdhane is a university engineering professor with World Bank experience, the local Mosaique FM reported. Saied dismissed the previous prime minister, suspended parliament and […]

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