Tag: Middle East
“Rehabilitating Mohamed bin Salman paves the way for repression”
Saudi human rights activist with the organization ALQST, Lina al-Athloul discusses the 34-year prison sentence of Salma al-Chehab, arrested and tried for having signed tweets in support of women’s rights…
Israel and Turkey restore diplomatic relations: what about the Palestinians?
After more than a decade of rupture, Israel and Turkey announced on Wednesday August 17 the full restoration of their diplomatic relations and the return of ambassadors to the two…
anger in Israel after Mahmoud Abbas’ comments on the Munich Olympics massacre
Alongside the German Chancellor, Mahmoud Abbas was questioned during a press conference on Tuesday August 16 about the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics by a Palestinian…
Investigation acknowledges Israeli army strike killed 5 children in Gaza, says Haaretz
According to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, after accusing Islamic Jihad of having killed five children by launching a rocket that fell on Gaza in early August, Israeli sources admit that…
Tehran demands new concessions from the United States
Iran has sent its response on the nuclear issue to Josep Borell, the head of European diplomacy, while laying down its conditions. This while the EU had affirmed that the…
Assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie: in Lebanon, embarrassment dominates
The gesture of Hadi Matar, the American assailant of Lebanese origin who stabbed the British writer Salman Rushdie several times in New York on Friday August 12, sparked a wave…
the objectives of Russian strategy in its dialogue with Kabul
One year after the fall of Kabul and the coming to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan, a Taliban delegation from the Ministry of Industry and Trade arrived in Moscow…
opening of the trial of Mostafa Tajzadeh, figure of the reform movement
In Iran, the trial of Mostafa Tajzadeh, a famous reform leader detained since July for undermining state security, opened before the revolutionary court in Tehran on August 14. Former Deputy…
Several injured in Jerusalem bus attack
Eight people were injured, some seriously, in an armed attack on a bus early Sunday (August 14) in central Jerusalem, Israeli police and rescue workers said. ” Police have been…
Qatar agrees to participate in the reconstruction
A week after the Israeli army raids on Gaza, the Palestinian enclave is once again facing the challenge of reconstruction. In a press conference, Deputy Minister of Housing and Public…