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November 16, 2019

PA prime minister: Development under occupation is a ‘difficult mission’

Palestinian Authority (PA) prime minister, Mohammed Shtayyeh, has announced that development under occupation is a “difficult mission,” Ma’an News Agency reported on Friday. Shtayyeh has delivered two speeches in...

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November 16, 2019

Tunisian president hails the resilience of the Gaza Strip

The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, hailed the resilience and steadfastness of the Gaza Strip in a Facebook post on Thursday. While he was the first and only Arab president...

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November 16, 2019

US urges Haftar-led forces to end offensive in Libya

On Friday, the US called on Libyan National Army forces, led by military commander Khalifa Haftar, to halt their offensive in the war-torn north African nation, Anadolu Agency reported....

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November 16, 2019

Postponement of March of Return protests on Friday, amid ongoing Israeli aggression

The Higher National Commission of the Great March of Return and Breaking of the Gaza Siege decided to postpone the Friday protests, amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Despite the fact...

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November 16, 2019

Iraq: Protesters reclose vital port of Umm Qasr

Iraqi protesters blocked the road to the port of Umm Qasr in the oil-rich southern governorate of Basra, an Iraqi security source stated on Friday. Speaking on condition of...

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November 16, 2019

S&P downgrades Lebanon's credit rating amidst ongoing protests

S&P Global Ratings said on Friday that it lowered Lebanon’s long-term and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to ‘CCC/C’ from ‘B-/B’, citing rising financial and monetary...

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November 16, 2019

US: Sudan's removal from list of terrorism sponsors will take time

The United States no longer has an adversarial relationship with the Sudanese government and is working with its counterparts on the possibility of removing it from a list of...

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November 16, 2019

Turkey: Over 6,000 Syrians moved from Istanbul

Turkey has sent more than 6,000 Syrian migrants in Istanbul to temporary housing centres in other provinces since early July, the local governor’s office said on Friday, two weeks after a deadline for Syrians not registered in the...

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November 15, 2019

Ukraine detains Daesh's deputy 'Minister of War'

Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had detained the deputy of Abu Omar al-Shishani, the man the Pentagon described as Daesh’s “minister of war”, after he crossed into...

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November 15, 2019

Lebanon to hold gasoline tender amid supply concerns

Lebanon will hold a tender for gasoline in December, Energy Minister Nada Boustani said on Friday, as it looks to stave off a potential supply shortage brought on by...

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