Archives for June, 2022

Southern Yemeni fighters deploy around the site of an explosion in the port city of Aden

7 killed in car bomb in Yemen's Aden

Agence France-Presse

Ice cream for sale in a Ben & Jerry's store

Ben & Jerry's to officially return to Israeli settlements after Unilever decision

Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden, seen at a NATO summit in Madrid, has heard a public appeal from an Iranian-American to hep free him from prison

US citizen in Iran prison appeals to Biden for deal

Agence France-Presse

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (C) and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.

Deal with Sweden, Finland over NATO membership sees Turkey’s Erdogan hailed at home

Pro-government voices see agreement as Nordic countries bowing to Turkish demands, but opponents remain critical.

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In preparation for Biden’s visit, Israeli president meets with Jordanian king

Ahead of President Biden's mid-July visit to the region, Israeli President Isaac Herzog met in Amman with Jordanian King Abdullah II.

Egyptian farmers harvest wheat in Bamha village.

World Bank approves $500 million loan to Egypt for food security

Egypt, like other countries in the region, is contending with food security and price increases related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kholoud Sukkarieh (R) and Nidal Darwish, who got married in defiance of the ban on civil unions, walk past Pigeon Rock, Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 25, 2013.

Culture

Newly elected MPs bring back debate about civil marriage in Lebanon

The positions of some new legislators in favor of civil unions to be performed in the Mediterranean country have outraged religious authorities.

In this file photo taken on October 10, 2012 Iranian soldiers keep watch at a drug trafficking patrol post in Milak, southeastern Iran, near the Afghan border

Iran says guard killed at Afghan border

Agence France-Presse

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Culture

Israel's EcoOcean to tell UN meeting of its work to clean Mediterranean

Participating at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal, head of the Israeli NGO EcoOcean Arik Rosenblum explains the actions that they are taking to clean the seas and to protect marine ecosystems.

Mora nuclear

Iran media publishes conflicting reports over status of nuclear talks in Qatar

Indirect talks in Qatar have made little or no progress on restarting nuclear deal, Islamic Republic outlets agree.

A file picture shows a shipment of captagon seized by Syrian authorities in November

Syria seizes record 2.3 tonnes of captagon: ministry

Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden thanked Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for dropping his objections to Sweden and Finland's membership of NATO

Turkey seeks extraditions from Finland, Sweden under NATO deal

Agence France-Presse

Palestinian bread baker

World Bank official: Lebanon, Yemen, Syria most food-insecure in region

Many states across the Middle East and North Africa meet the criteria for food insecurity, experts said at a US Institute of Peace event.

The 5th Trilateral Meeting of Defense Ministers of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece, Cairo, June 20, 2022.

Egypt, Greece, Cyprus boost military cooperation in EastMed region

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus have promoted their military relations in the face of security threats and to defend their interests in the Eastern Mediterranean that is rich in oil and gas reserves.

A male houbara bustard dances in order to attract females.

Culture

Egypt, UAE work to protect rare bird

Under a project carried out in cooperation with a conservation fund in the UAE, Egypt's Ministry of Environment released 2,000 Houbara bustards into a nature reserve to conserve the threatened bird species.

Amir Levy/Getty Images

Just before Knesset disperses, Israeli opposition blocks bipartisan bills

Despite the agreement to disband the Knesset tonight, the opposition has blocked widely supported legislation.