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March 5, 2021

US intervened in Egypt’s 2012 election results, says ex-Saudi envoy

Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to Egypt has claimed that the United States pressured the Egyptian military to lie about the results of the elections in 2012, after Mohamed Morsi allegedly lost...

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March 5, 2021

38m children in need of aid in MENA, UNICEF says

According to the World Bank, the MENA region has to create 300 million new jobs by 2050 to meet the needs of its large youth populations....

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March 5, 2021

Lebanon: Hariri is not waiting for Saudi Arabia’s approval to form gov’t

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that “unlike Hezbollah, which is always waiting for decisions to come from Iran”, he does not wait “for the approval of any external...

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March 5, 2021

‘Arabs are crying out for a gun-free society,’ says MK denouncing Israeli police violence

Thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel will take to the streets of Umm Al-Fahm today in protest against “police violence and racist lawlessness”. After a spree of violence that...

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March 5, 2021

Harris assures Netanyahu of US opposition to ICC probe

US Vice President Kamala Harris, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, reaffirmed Washington’s opposition to an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe of possible war crimes...

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March 5, 2021

The Benjamins may be losing their ability to get US politicians to toe the Israeli line

As a working journalist who reports frequently on the machinations of the pro-Israel lobby, one of the most common claims I come across is that it doesn’t actually exist....
March 5, 2021

Egypt’s fascist policies against women cannot be covered up, opposition group says

The Egyptian regime’s “fascist policies against women cannot be covered up”, head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council, Dr Maha Azzam, writes in a press statement released ahead of International...

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March 5, 2021

US ambassador accuses Russia over Syria’s use of chemical weapons

The US ambassador to the UN has accused Russia of seeking to stymie efforts to hold the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad to account for its use of chemical...

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March 5, 2021

Is this Gaza’s first female baker?

Ruba bought the bakery after saving money from her previous jobs and ventured on the journey after being unable to find work in the field she studied at university....

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March 5, 2021

Libya’s parliament speaker confirms need to hold general elections on time

Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aguila Saleh assured the German ambassador that the presidential and parliamentary elections should be held on time, without delay. Saleh conveyed to the envoy...

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