Tag: Middle East
Can Yemen dream of peace after the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
This is one of the main battlegrounds between Iran and Saudi Arabia: Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war for almost nine years. Riyadh, at the head of a…
20 years after the American invasion, the residents of Baghdad bitter
It was March 20, 2003: 20 years have passed since the American intervention in Iraq. Baghdad residents remember it, many of them with bitterness. With our correspondent in Baghdad, Marie-Charlotte…
between pardons and death sentences, the power wants to show that it retains control
In Iran, the justice chief said that more than 22,000 people arrested during recent protests have been pardoned and that 25,000 formerly convicted prisoners have also been released. A way…
Iranians torn between hope and skepticism
Iran and Saudi Arabia announced on Friday March 10 an agreement to resume diplomatic relations after seven years of estrangement. The announcement surprised everyone and was variously appreciated across the…
Sweden protests after death sentence for Iranian-Swedish dissident
The Iranian Judiciary announced on Sunday the confirmation of the death penalty against an Iranian-Swedish dissident, detained since 2020 in Iran, according to the justice agency. For its part, Sweden…
At least 100 arrested in the case of Iranian schoolgirls intoxicated
Iranian authorities say they have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the mysterious girls’ school poisoning case. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi “ More than 100…
start of negotiations in Geneva on an exchange of prisoners
Representatives of the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels in Yemen began talks on a prisoner swap in Geneva on Saturday March 11, with the United Nations calling on the two…
a resounding coup for China
Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on Friday March 10 to resume their bilateral relations, including the reopening of their embassies within two months. A tripartite declaration was signed for the…
army auxiliaries kidnapped by the Islamic State group
Members of a patrol of a Syrian army auxiliary militia were kidnapped on Thursday March 9 by the Islamic State (IS) group in the central Syrian desert. The jihadist organization…
deadly attack on an area held by Iranian forces
Four people were killed on Wednesday (March 8th) in a drone attack in eastern Syria, in an area held by Iranian forces and an allied group, the Syrian Observatory for…