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Iran
Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults

Iran Calls on Saudi Arabia for Regional Security Cooperation in face of Trump Insults

Middle East Monitor

“This is the reward of the illusion that security could be achieved through external support”

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters Busted Stealing Olives from Palestinian Farm

Israeli Squatters Busted Stealing Olives from Palestinian Farm

Middle East Monitor

Olive-Growing is 20% of the West Bank Palestinian Economy

Israel
Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu over Corruption, Blackmai for 12th Time

Israeli Police question PM Netanyahu over Corruption, Blackmai for 12th Time

Middle East Monitor

Netanyahu stands accused of accepting lavish gifts from two influential businessmen in return for favourable legislation and personal favours

Iraq
Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Miss Iraq: Death Threats target Women Media Activists after Miss Baghad was Assassinated

Middle East Monitor

Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, holder of the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short live video on Facebook’s Instagram, revealing that she had received a message read “your turn is coming.” […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Israel Doubles its Construction of Illegal Squatter Settlements in Palestine in 2018

Middle East Monitor

Construction rates for Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank more than doubled in the second quarter of 2018. According to data published by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel began constructing 794 new dwellings in the occupied West Bank in the second quarter of 2018. This figure is more than double that […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up:  UNRWA

Palestinian Schools & Clinics at Risk if Trump Cuts not Made Up: UNRWA

Middle East Monitor

$185 million needed through end of year

Israel/ Palestine
Jared Kushner is Wrong: Collective Punishment of Palestinians will not Lead to Peace

Jared Kushner is Wrong: Collective Punishment of Palestinians will not Lead to Peace

Middle East Monitor

“false reality” and it will most surely lead, not to peace, but to an even greater tragedy

Syria
Syrian Extremist Militias Reject Turkey-Russia Agreement, Will Attack Syrian Troops

Syrian Extremist Militias Reject Turkey-Russia Agreement, Will Attack Syrian Troops

Middle East Monitor

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Wednesday that Syrian armed factions have rejected an agreement reached by Turkey and Russia on setting up a demilitarised zone between the armed opposition and Syrian government troops in Idlib as of 15 October. The Observatory said in a statement that the factions of Religious Guards Ansar Al-Tawheed, […]

Egypt
Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report

Middle East Monitor

The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. The index, which has recorded governmental progress in human development since 1990, takes into account three main indicators: income per capita calculated in US dollars, average life expectancy, and markers […]

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