20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1123+ words) The desperate pleas for air cover from Yemeni generals started coming mid-morning on Thursday. An advance by the Iran-backed Huthis toward Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha was in full swing, and backup support from chief ally Saudi Arabia was…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (12+ words) Egypt Independent...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1681+ words) Stepping on to the Yemeni island of Perim is to relive history. Its barren sand and rock moonscape feels for all the world like the land that time forgot. Its location, however, has put it at the heart of a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (363+ words) US President Donald Trump responded to the sanctions imposed by Britain, France, Canada, and several Western nations targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank, confirming that he will hold talks with various parties to discuss the matter. Speaking to reporters,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (939+ words) Announcing the sanctions in UK Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s actions in the West Bank, saying “settler terrorists” had committed “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians living there and describing the measures as reset in…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1373+ words) The UN’s nuclear watchdog agency is asking the body to hold Iran accountable for failing to stick with safeguards meant to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, diplomatic officials announced Wednesday. It’s the latest chapter in a more than decade-long…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (39+ words) Egypt Independent A satellite image shows smoke rising from the Saudi Aramco distribution centre, after what the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said were attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, in Abha, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. NASA WORLDVIEW/Reuters...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (656+ words) A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has seen a flurry of construction work this year as the war with the US has transpired, according to a group of analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery. The Pickaxe…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (811+ words) The United Kingdom is expected to unveil sanctions targeting Israel on Tuesday over the massive expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank under the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking a significant “reset” of the UK’s relations…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (122+ words) Egypt Independent The Grand Mufti Nazir Ayyad said the Palestinian Cause remains deeply rooted in Egypt’s national consciousness, stressing the religious and humanitarian responsibility to support the Palestinian people Ayyad made the remarks during a meeting with Palestinian Chief…...