Tag: Middle East
around sixty prisoners released as part of an unprecedented amnesty
Syrian authorities have released around 60 detainees since Sunday May 1, under a new amnesty decree considered the most comprehensive since the start of the conflict in 2011. Syrian President…
the fear of a devaluation of the pound causes a gold rush
In Egypt, the fear of a further devaluation of the pound caused a veritable gold rush. The gram of 21-carat gold broke the record in Egypt by approaching the equivalent…
Briton detained in Iraq for possession of ‘antique’ fragments
A Briton was arrested at the end of March at Baghdad airport with fragments of pottery, considered in Iraq as antiques. He has since been in pre-trial detention, his family…
High tensions after the death of an Israeli and a Palestinian in the West Bank
After fresh clashes on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, an Israeli was fatally injured Friday evening (April 29) at the entrance to a settlement in the West…
Erdogan signs Turkish-Saudi reconciliation by visiting Riyadh
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going to Riyadh on Thursday April 28 on an official visit, for the first time since the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi…
the Hashemite Kingdom on a crest line in its relations with Israel
Relations between the Hashemite Kingdom and Israel continue to deteriorate. In question, the clashes on the esplanade of the Mosques in Jerusalem for a week now. King Abdallah II of…
Migrant boat sinks off Lebanese coast
A boat carrying around 60 people was shipwrecked this Saturday off the Lebanese coast. An illegal boat, with families of exiles on board who were probably trying to reach Europe.…
In Lebanon, the extradition of Carlos Ghosn has a slim chance of succeeding
Lebanese judicial and political circles have not commented on the decision of French justice to issue an international arrest warrant against Carlos Ghosn. The former boss of the Renault Nissan…
Erez crossing closed from Sunday due to rocket fire
After new rocket fire from Gaza, the Israeli authorities changed tactics. They announce that the Erez crossing point, through which transit Palestinian workers going to Israel, will not reopen its…
Shiite imam murdered in knife attack
The knife attack on Tuesday, April 5, against three Iranian Shiite clerics, one of whom died, came to darken the Ramadan fast in Iran. An attack that could fuel tensions…