Middle East
Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations
November 6, 2020
Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform…
Iran foreign minister, in ally Venezuela, says US no longer “controls world”
November 6, 2020
Iran foreign minister, in ally Venezuela, says US no longer “controls world”
CARACAS (Reuters) – Iran believes the US government no longer can “control what’s happening in the world” or show other…
Assad blames Syria’s current economic woes on Lebanese banks
November 6, 2020
Assad blames Syria’s current economic woes on Lebanese banks
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said much of his country’s current economic distress is a direct result…
Exclusive: Trump administration advances $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE – sources
November 6, 2020
Exclusive: Trump administration advances $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones…
Iraq ratifies new election law, paving way for early vote
November 6, 2020
Iraq ratifies new election law, paving way for early vote
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s president ratified on Thursday a new election law aimed at giving political independents a better chance…
Saudi Arabia to host Formula One race in 2021 in Jiddah
November 6, 2020
Saudi Arabia to host Formula One race in 2021 in Jiddah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Formula One race next year, a move aimed at…
Trump tried to reinvent Middle East policy, but the region is still a bottomless pit of woes
November 5, 2020
Trump tried to reinvent Middle East policy, but the region is still a bottomless pit of woes
Beirut (CNN) – All the world’s a stage, Shakespeare wrote. But since President Donald Trump came to office, the rest…
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day
November 5, 2020
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on US election day
JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing…
Coronavirus cause of Algeria president’s hospitalization
November 5, 2020
Coronavirus cause of Algeria president’s hospitalization
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s secretive presidency confirmed Wednesday that the mysterious illness that caused President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to be…
Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children
November 5, 2020
Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government on Wednesday shelled the last rebel last enclave in the country’s northwest, killing at least…