Muhamad Yehia Syria’s interim president has made his first trip abroad, travelling to Saudi Arabia. Some say the move could be seen as a shift away from Iran as its main regional ally. Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was once aligned with al-Qaida, landed in Riyadh alongside his government’s foreign minister, Asaad …
Read More »Burkina Faso residents celebrate one year since exit from ECOWAS
Muhamad Yehia Thousands of people gathered to celebrate one year since Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS in Ouagadougou and across the country. The official launching of the Alliance of Sahel States was marked in Ouagadougou by a meeting attended by Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo and other personalities. Proposer Simporé, …
Read More »Egypt rejects displacement, unveils Gaza reconstruction plan
Muhamad Yehia Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated on Sunday that Egypt has a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that does not involve displacing Palestinians from their land. “We have a definitive plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that ensures no citizen is expelled from their homeland. …
Read More »Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of ceasefire deal
Muhamad Yehia Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The six-week phase one truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians …
Read More »Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Muhamad Yehia BAGHDAD — Iraq’s National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein ’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition. Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and …
Read More »Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal
Muhamad Yehia BAGHDAD — The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press. The U.S. and Iraq announced an agreement last year to wind down the military …
Read More »: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’
Muhamad Yehia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Associated …
Read More »US President Donald Trump has said his administration has had “very serious” discussions with Russia about the war in Ukraine
Muhamad Yehia Trump has said repeatedly he wouldn’t have allowed the conflict to start if he had been in office, even though he was president as fighting grew in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv’s forces and separatists backed by Moscow. US President Donald Trump has said his administration has had “very …
Read More »Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of ceasefire deal
Muhamad Yehia Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The six-week phase one truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians …
Read More »Thousands of Egyptians protest Trump’s suggestion of displacing Palestinians
Muhamad Yehia Thousands of Egyptians gathered in front of Rafah crossing on Friday to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal that Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip be moved to neighboring Egypt and Jordan. Protesters waved Egyptian and Palestinian flags and said they were in favour of an independent …
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