Khashoggi was no critic of Saudi regime
- As’ad AbuKhalil أسعد أبو خليل
Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist, who disappeared in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week is not quite the critic of the Saudi regime that the Western media says he is, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Tom Toles, The Washington Post
The ...
Egypt: How French arms were used to crush dissent
A scathing report
- Amnesty International منظمة العفو الدولية
Since the 25 January 2011 uprising, part of the ‘Arab Spring’, a series of tumultuous political events in Egypt has been accompanied by waves of brutal repression, leaving thousands dead and injured. While condemning the violence, many ...
EXCLUSIVE: Jamal Khashoggi 'dragged from consulate office, killed and dismembered'
- David Hearst
Turkish sources tell MEE they know when and where the missing Saudi journalist, last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, was killed
CCTV footage shows Khashoggi arriving at the consulate on 2 October (AFP)
Jamal Khashoggi was dragged ...
Address to the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN
- Hassan Rouhani حسن روحانی
Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 01 October 2018).
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said “unilateral sanctions ...
Provoking Russia
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
Israel’s set-up in the skies over Latakia could prove to be a big mistake
Following the accidental downing of a Russian military reconnaissance plane off Latakia and the killing of the 15 crew members who were on board, and the signing ...
When the battle for Idlib is over, where will the fighters who have sworn never to surrender go next?
- Robert Fisk
The Syrian army was trained to fight in hills – for the final battle for Israeli-occupied Golan, rather than the final battle for Nusrah-held Idlib. Golan is presumably still to come
Wars are dodgy things to predict. And the ...
How you will be affected by the new Egyptian cybercrime law: A guide
- Reem Elmasry ريم المصري
You’re hanging out on the street and you see a famous actor riding a car with a senior government official. You take out your phone, snap a photo of them and post it online.
A news media website picks up your photo, publishes a story on their ...
Bolton calls on Al-Qaeda to stage more chemical attacks in Syria
- Eva Bartlett
In a move that was entirely predictable, the US administration is once again threatening to bomb Syria if there is a “chemical weapons attack”.
This was entirely predictable because that chemical attack script has been read out, with ...
The "Mother of all wars"
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
Iran does not want a fight, but Trump and Netanyahu have other ideas
Repeated threats by Iranian leaders – most recently Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – to close the Strait of Hormuz reflect the country’s growing apprehension ...
Daraa, Syria: between hellfire and a closed border
- Sadik Abdul Rahman صادق عبد الرحمن
A war of this scale in Syria’s southern Hawran region—the volcanic plateau extending from the edge of Damascus through Quneitra, Suwayda, and Daraa Provinces into northwest Jordan—was not expected by many.
The ongoing talk since ...
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