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February 11, 2021

Turkey seeks deal with US regarding Russia S-400 defence system

Washington’s position regarding Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system remains unchanged, new agencies reported an official from the US State Department saying yesterday. The White House believes...

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February 11, 2021

UAE removes FM Anwar Gargash in cabinet reshuffle

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has removed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, from his post in a cabinet reshuffle. UAE Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh...

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February 11, 2021

UN experts call on Egypt to remove Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy from terror list

UN experts have called on the Egyptian authorities to remove Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy from their terror list and stop systematically misusing counter-terror powers. Shaath and El-Elaimy were arrested in June 2019 and their names placed on a terror list...

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February 11, 2021

Algeria declares state of emergency over bird flu outbreak

Algeria declared a state of emergency on Tuesday over an outbreak of bird flu in the north east of the country. Minister of Agriculture Abdelhamid Hamdani announced the state...

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February 11, 2021

UN counter-terrorism chief: We must defeat Daesh in cyberspace

The United Nations’ top counter-terrorism official has said that the terror group Daesh must be defeated in cyberspace by countering its ideology online, amid the group’s recent efforts to revive itself....

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February 11, 2021

Iran achieves $30bn non-oil revenues despite sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that his country had achieved $30 billion in non-oil revenues over the past year, RT reported yesterday. During a speech to mark the 42nd anniversary of...

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February 11, 2021

UN calls for 31,000 foreign children to be repatriated from Syria

United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday said the UN is deeply concerned by the situation of nearly 31,000 foreign children detained in Al-Hawl and Rouge refugee camps in...

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February 11, 2021

Sudan: Demonstrations, detentions in Darfur, North Kordofan

Sudanese security services have arrested more than 100 people during crackdown on demonstrators who took to the streets in Darfur and North Kordofan to protest against the deteriorating economic...

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February 11, 2021

5 European countries: Regime responsible for Syria Constitutional Committee’s failures

Five current and former European members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday said they held the Syrian regime responsible for the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s failure to achieve...

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February 11, 2021

Turkey launches new military operation in Iraq

Turkey yesterday announced that it had launched a new military operation against what it said were the bases of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. In a...

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