UN delays vote on Lebanese peacekeeping mission
The United Nations Security Council has delayed a vote on the future of its peacekeeping operation in South Lebanon, The National...
Geopolitics
Israel’s Netanyahu sends aide to UAE in bid to fix relations
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sent a high-level official to the United Arab Emirates in a bid to recover bilateral...
Israel should be dropped from UN General Assembly, Turkey says
Turkey's foreign minister called on Muslim countries on August 25th to seek the suspension of Israel from taking part in...
Israel expected to ignore Egypt-Qatar Gaza ceasefire plan
Israel is expected to ignore the Egypt-Qatar ceasefire proposal and opt to continue with plans to fully occupy Gaza city,...
Egypt’s acceptance of global forces in Gaza raises questions
As the Gaza war approaches its two year mark, questions remain about the status and governance of the enclave after...
Egypt and Saudi Arabia seek to restrain Israel’s Gaza push
Egypt and Saudi Arabia are holding talks to establish an Arab political umbrella that will restrain Israel’s expansionism in the...
Trump says Israel’s war on Gaza must end soon
Donald Trump has weighed in on the international debate over Israel’s war on Gaza. The US President has said that...
UN’s new elections roadmap for Libya garnering further support
On August 21st, UN Special Envoy for Libya Hanna Tetteh presented a new political roadmap to bring about national elections...
Israel will not withdraw from Lebanon unless Hezbollah disarms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement proclaiming that Israeli forces will withdraw from Lebanon, only after Lebanon...
Regional influence: an Algerian pipe dream
Algeria cites upholding the right to self-determination as a key reason behind its support for the Polisario Front, an independence...
Algeria: “personal survival at all costs”
Attempts to soften US policy on Western Sahara have seen Algiers resort to methods described as "personal survival at all...
Gas levers in the Western Sahara conflict
Having reached a "watershed moment" between a protracted conflict and "peace and compromise," players in the Western Sahara conflict have...
UN Security Council poised to vote on Lebanese peacekeepers
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on August 25th to decide whether to uphold the blue helmet...
Following Israel talks, US envoy will arrive in Lebanon
Leading US envoy, Tom Barrack, and the Deputy US Special Envoy, Morgan Ortagus, are due to arrive in Lebanon on...
Why does Azerbaijan stand by Israel as others turn away?
Azerbaijan has not only ended decades of war with Armenia, but by signing a peace deal in Washington, it has...
