Ahmed grew up in Gaza, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from al-Azher University and was the inspiration for/original project manager for We Are Not Numbers. He later won the UK’s prestigious ...
Israeli-Palestinian talks are still on hold. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a dramatic condemnation of the U.S.-drafted Middle East peace plan. No country, except Israel, has approved of the proposals at any public forum. ...
“It was very lengthy screening with no ability to leave. So whether you want to call that detention or something else is up to you. But the core fact of the matter remains. This seemed ...
“A war in the region now threatens its entire oil and shipping infrastructure, and can also take down the entire global economy in its wake.” With the United States walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan ...
Think for a moment how different Iran and the Middle East’s fate would have been if the CIA, along with the British, did not orchestrate a military coup to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Iran. ...
The recent Pensacola shooting at a U.S. naval base by a Saudi lieutenant is a reminder of the dangers of U.S. Middle East policy. The brutal shooting at a U.S. Naval Base in Pensacola, Florida ...
No soldier should be above the law. Nor should those who sent the soldiers into battle. U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter. The main reason is that the Navy secretary did ...
The United Nations has repeatedly said that sanctions are not a humane policy and must no longer be allowed to be part of the arsenal of the powerful nations. In late October, Human Rights Watch ...
The struggle for control of Syria’s eastern oil fields has little to do with fighting terrorism but forms a crucial template of the geopolitical struggle. No one would have thought that out of U.S. President ...
Trump said Washington is mulling over Syria’s oil reserves. Meanwhile, he has put across a tantalizing proposition for Erdogan to ponder over. The morning after a summit meeting often holds surprises. Turkey lost no time ...
“Russia sees the expansion of friendly and mutually beneficial ties with Saudi Arabia as particularly important.” On Monday, October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia, the first since 2007, ...
At least one foreign agent simultaneously held a U.S. government appointment while being paid to represent Saudi interests as a foreign agent. (By Anna Massoglia, Center for Responsive Politics) Foreign influence and lobbying spending targeting the United States ...
An Iranian tanker seized and held by the U.K. for 46 days was recently released, but will voices within the Trump administration pressure President Trump into “making a move” on the tanker? At 11:30 p.m. ...
“The agreement constitutes a partnership between US and Turkey over aggression against Syria that would serve the interest of the Israeli occupation entity. It also reflects how evasive and misleading the policies of the Turkish ...
Tuesday night, just after midnight, Syria was on the receiving end of Israeli-launched rockets. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, and Syrian state television reported on Wednesday that Isreal launched a rocket attack on military targets ...
Shortly after a promising ceasefire and troop pullout deal was reached for the Yemen port city of Hodeidah, tensions escalate between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels in Yemen. In recent weeks, the Houthi rebel group ...
There are signs of a new tanker war in the Persian Gulf, with Britain joining a coalition that wants a war with Iran. The standoff between the U.S. and Iran is now developing into a ...
“Japan can help in easing the ongoing tension between Iran and America…. As a goodwill gesture, America should either lift the unjust oil sanctions or extend the waivers or suspend them.” Japan is willing to ...
Libya is on the verge of becoming the next proxy war, as its coalition government struggles to retain control over the country. Last Wednesday, the U.N.-recognized Coalition Government of Libya, declared that its forces wrestled ...
A paramedic dies after being wounded in May at the Great March of Return in the never-ending conflict between Gazans and Israelis. At the home of the al-Judeili family in the central Gaza Strip refugee ...
“There is no military solution to this problem.” (By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Iraqi President Barham Salih said Tuesday that the United States has no right to use his country as a launchpad for a ...
“The strategy of maximum pressure is not designed to induce negotiations, but rather to push Iran away from the negotiating table while triggering further Iranian provocations that could serve as a pretext for war.” The ...
There was unanimity on the strike, led by national security adviser Bolton. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were also in agreement. On Friday morning United States President Donald Trump tweeted ...
An exchange of fire on Thursday between Israel and Hamas was the first serious cross-border incident since an escalation in fighting last month. According to Palestinian sources in Gaza, on Thursday the Israeli army struck ...
The intensification of fighting in northern Syria has been described by the U.N. as horrific and requiring immediate intervention. Rebel opposition forces in Syria defended on Friday a heavy attack by the forces of the ...
“Our will and determination will remain strong and from this place in Gaza, every morning we look forward to returning back to Palestine.” After making several threats, Washington finally decided to completely withhold all funds ...
While 20 percent of Israelis are Arab, sixty percent of murder victims in Israel are Arab citizens. It’s a cool night early in Ramadan. Around a small altar of flowers, photos and candles, the street ...
The UNDP is giving 72 vehicles to an agency controlled by Houthi rebels, prompting the Yemen government to accuse the UNDP of favoritism and worsening the situation in Yemen. The internationally-recognized government of Yemen strongly ...
European allies voiced concern this week that the U.S.-Iran tensions could accidentally trigger a conflict after the Pentagon dispatched a Patriot missile defense battery, a bomber task force, an amphibious transport dock and a carrier ...
“What we’re seeing are lots of players coming into Libya. It’s a recipe that’s almost heading to a Yemen scenario. We’re beginning to see a proxy war emerging.” An investigative report by Al Jazeera Arabic ...
After declaring the defeat of ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to be beefing up security forces in Eastern Syria. Saudi Arabia plans to create a military group in eastern Syria with ...
More shots are fired as Palestinians continue their protests in the Great March of Return. On Friday, the Israeli army shot and wounded sixteen Palestinian protesters on the 59th week of border protests during Palestinian’s ...
Gazan farmers till the soil again with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross. In April 2018 Palestinian farmers resumed cultivating lands the 2007 Israeli-blockage formerly prohibited, thanks to a Red Cross ...
Both Israel and Hamas are denying a report from Israeli TV on Monday that a six-month truce had been reached between the two factions. Israeli TV channel 12 reported on Monday that both Hamas and ...
“I do believe that the bold step needed, is that the Palestinian Authority reaches a compromise with the rival Hamas party in Gaza. Palestinian unity is likely to happen.” Several Palestinian bodies and representatives declared ...
“This is not a military confrontation because no war is to happen. We don’t seek a war, nor do they. They know a war wouldn’t be beneficial for them.” Iran has finally officially halted several ...
The U.K. says peace in Yemen is nearing as the UAE gives an ominous warning. UAE’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Qerqash, said Wednesday that the Saudi-led military coalition for Yemen will respond forcefully to ...
On May 15 of every year, Palestinians commemorate the day roughly half of all pre-war Palestinian Arabs were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israel War. In the Gaza Strip, elderly Palestinians who were ...
“Let’s stop pretending that settlements are what is keeping the sides from a negotiated peaceful solution. This farce and obsessive focus on one aspect of this complicated conflict helps no one.” Last Thursday, Indonesia’s Foreign ...
“Carrying out acts of sabotage on commercial and civilian vessels and threatening the safety and lives of those on board is a serious development.” (Newsclick.In) Saudi Arabia said on Monday two of its oil tankers ...
“We want our people to realize a real change of their daily lives. We still have a lot to do vis-a-vis this Zionist occupation.” A new fresh round of violence in the region has so ...
“The latest indication that this administration is running full speed directly into a major war with Iran.” (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) In a late Sunday statement warning—without any evidence whatsoever—of “troubling and escalatory” actions by ...
“More than 1,000 facilities have been badly affected, due to many reasons – including the Israeli siege, the prolonged power outages, as well as the internal Palestinian division.” Since 2007, Palestinian industry in the Gaza ...
“This decision is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue.” President Donald Trump revoked sanction exemptions that were issued last November for China, India, Japan, South ...
“We hope that the occupation is brought to justice and punished. We do hope that the occupation’s soldiers are being punished by means of international courts.” The United Nations released a report in March concerning ...
“The rightist government of Netanyahu has two main choices: either to relieve the Gaza blockade in return for complete calm by the resistance factions in Gaza or to go for war.” Palestinians in the Gaza ...
“If Netanyahu wants to declare Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, then you know he has to face a real problem. We will stay there. The international community has to deal with us.” Last Saturday ...
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, both party to the international offensive in Yemen, together make up around 28 percent of the US global arms sale. (Peoples Dispatch) A recent report by the Stockholm International ...
A new report by Save the Children stated that an average of 37 Yemeni children had been killed or injured every month by foreign bombs in 2018. (Peoples Dispatch) As the war in Yemen enters ...
White House Advisor Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace proposal allegedly included a land swap plan where Jordan would receive Saudi Arabian land if Jordan turned over land to the Palestinians. Jared Kushner’s proposal to make ...
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