No Comments Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention on accusations of publishing false news, reports AFP. Hussein, an Egyptian national held under preventive detention since December 2016, was released from jail Thursday night, as per AFP sources. Al Jazeera has not yet confirmed his release. It had run […]
No Comments Yemen’s foreign minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak has said his government will work with President Joe Biden’s administration to end the war in the peninsula. However, he stressed on the fact that the Houthi rebels and their Iranian backers remain the main obstacle to peace.
No Comments A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison on terrorism-related charges and banned her from leaving the country for five years. State-linked Saudi news outlet Sabq reported that al-Hathloul had been found guilty on charges of pursuing a foreign agenda, contacting “unfriendly” states […]
No Comments In what a U.S. military commander for the Middle East said ‘largest’ rocket attack in a decade, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was hit by rockets over the last few days. The biggest attack came on Sunday, though reports of the embassy being attacked on Saturday and Monday have emerged. It is alleged that the […]
No Comments Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, was automatically dissolved as required by the country’s law after a deadline to pass the 2020 state budget expired. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractured ruling coalition, the Unity Government, failed to pass a budget, triggering the country’s fourth election in two years. Last-ditch attempts to pass the budget by allowing more time was voted down, resulting in the automatic collapse of the government.
No Comments In the early hours of December 12, Iran hanged to death Ruhollah Zam, the journalist who was imprisoned for months after being charged with spearheading the 2017 uprising against the ruling class. Zam who was in exile in France was lured back to Iran in 2019 when he was arrested and imprisoned for being involved […]
No Comments Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered by the United States. As part of the agreement, US has agreed to recognise Morocco’s claim over the Western Sahara. The Polisario Front wants to establish an independent state in the territory with the backing of Algeria and the African Union.
No Comments Prominent Iranian physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a gun attack near the capital Tehran on 27 November at . A report in state-controlled Iranian news channel Press TV said that Fakhrizadeh had been targeted on Friday in a multi-pronged attack involving at least one explosion and small fire by a number […]
No Comments The 2012 bomb plot involving the three Iranian was exposed when an accidental explosion blew apart the Bangkok villa where they were staying. Three Iranians Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, Saeid Moradi and Mohammad Kharzei were arrested by the Bangkok police. Investigations by the Thai and Israeli security agencies revealed that those arrested were planning for a bomb attack on Israeli diplomats in Bangkok.
No Comments Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has claimed the responsibility for a missile strike at the Saudi oil complex in Jeddah, reports AP. Confirming the attack, Saudi energy ministry said that a missile hit the facility which resulted in a fire. But it was quickly extinguished and there was no loss of life nor disruption to operations, […]
