Category: 2. Middle East

Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, arrived in Egypt on Monday for talks on restoring stability to his war-torn country, Anadolu Agency reports.

Burhan was welcomed by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, upon arrival at Cairo airport, Egyptian and Sudanese media reported.

Discussions between the two leaders took up developments in Sudan and military gains made by the Sudanese army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

The number of Syrians who have returned to their homeland from Turkiye since 9 December last year has reached 200,000, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports.

“Despite various difficulties, hindrances and sabotage”, Syria is slowly recovering, Erdogan said in a speech at an event on Turkiye’s migration management in the Century of Turkiye.

“As Syria recovers, the number of returnees has begun to accelerate,” he…

When Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port of Jeddah hosted Formula One star, Lewis Hamilton, and US singer, Jennifer Lopez, during its Grand Prix this month, visitors found they were also drawn to a less obvious attraction – the historic old town.

Jeddah is known for being the Kingdom’s modern commercial hub, and the exodus of its merchant class meant its old town had fallen into neglect, Reuters reports.

The Kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030 plan to diversify its…

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday repeated calls for Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled, as Washington and Tehran engage in talks for a nuclear accord, Reuters reports.

The United States and Iran have, so far, held three rounds of indirect talks, mediated by Gulf state, Oman, aimed at sealing a deal that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift crippling economic sanctions imposed by…

Israeli settlers have begun constructing a new settlers-only road while soldiers, dressed in military uniforms, stole money during raids on Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

According to Osama Makhamra, a Palestinian community activist, Israeli settlers are carrying out large-scale excavation work on Palestinian-owned land in the Wadi Al-Asira area, near Tel Ma’in to the east. The work appears aimed at expanding the illegal outpost of Avigal,…