Archives for September, 2023

Brigadier General Avigdor Kahalani, a veteran of the Golan front in the 1973 war, says Israel's lack of preparedness for the conflict proved a timely wake-up call

Israeli veteran calls 1973 war a necessary 'slap in the face'

Agence France-Presse

The group of 21 new cardinals includes diplomats, advisors and administrators

Pope appoints 21 new cardinals to fill highest ranks of Church

Agence France-Presse

Passengers board the first Libyan-operated flight from Tripoli to Rome in nearly a decade at Mitiga airport

Libya flights to Italy resume after nearly 10 years

Agence France-Presse

Yemen are at the Asian Games in China despite multiple obstacles

Yemenis at Asian Games divided by war, united by sport

Agence France-Presse

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - NOVEMBER 30: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman al-Saud ahead of the family photo on the opening day of Argentina G20 Leaders' Summit 2018 at Costa Salguero on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Daniel Jayo/Getty Images)

Analysis

Iran may be last stop for Saudi-Israel normalization

Negotiations continue in multiple capitals to address the many obstacles to establishing diplomatic relations.

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

By Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Members of the Bahraini armed forces carry the coffins of comrades who were killed the previous day during their battle against the Huthi rebels in Yemen, on September 5, 2015 during an official repatriation ceremony at Isa Air Base in Sakhir, South of Manama. Bahrain announced that five of its soldiers were killed in southern Saudi Arabia where they had been posted to help defend the border with neighbouring war-wracked Yemen. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP

Houthi attack on Bahrain's soldiers tests Yemen's fragile cease-fire, US defense pact

An alleged Houthi drone strike that killed three Bahraini soldiers in Saudi Arabia this week has underscored the limits of Washington's commitment to Gulf states' defense.

An undated image of the ancient city of Gordion.

Turkey’s new UNESCO sites: City of King Midas, wooden mosques

Among the sites awarded the “world heritage” designation is the ancient city of Gordion, which was once ruled by Midas — the king with the golden touch.

$The preliminary death toll from authorities in the politically fractured North African country was at least 2,300 late Tuesday$

Four more officials held after Libya flood disaster

Agence France-Presse

Iran

Iran claims to foil mass assassination of IRGC figures, Sunni clerics

Iran has been working hard to portray its intelligence apparatus as a formidable force that is busting one terror network after another, pointing to Israel as the mastermind.

A resident sits on a bench in the courtyard between housing blocks at Brandenburg's Central Immigration Authority centre

Ex-barracks on frontline as more migrants reach Germany

Agence France-Presse

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Meeks urges pause on US military aid to Egypt in wake of Menendez indictment

Rep. Gregory Meeks on Friday sought a hold on more than $200 million in Egypt's military financing over human rights concerns.

Nagorno Karabakh

After Nagorno-Karabakh offensive, can Turkey play nice with Armenia?

Following Azerbaijani victory in Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey is now laying the foundations for a rapprochement with Yerevan.

People walk past a currency exchange shop on June 23, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkish Lira weakened to a record low of 25.74 against the dollar, a day after the central bank hiked interest rates from 8.5 percent to 15 percent in the first rate decision since the appointment of new central bank governor Hafize Gaye Erkan and the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Turkey's lira makes a comeback amid economic U-turn: Goldman Sachs

Foreign investors are beginning to return to the Turkish economy after Erdogan's new government reversed the previous unorthodox policies in June.

Black smoke billows over the city after drone strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on September 19, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine. Drones attacked Ukraine's western city of Lviv early on September 19, and explosions rang out, causing a warehouse fire and wounding at least one person. Several waves of drones buzzed overhead, starting around 0130 GMT, and an AFP journalist heard numerous explosions and movements of heavy vehicles through the streets during the nightly curfew. (Phot

Analysis

Europe ups pressure on Iran for supplying Russia with drones in Ukraine

The European Union has shifted its focus regarding Iran-made drones beyond the Iranian officials and companies producing them to third parties buying components outside of Iran.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Syrians protest in the southern city of Sweida, the latest in a flurry of anti-government demonstrations that have rocked the province for more than a month

Women play 'prominent' role as hundreds protest in Syria

Agence France-Presse

Lebanese Armenians gather during a demonstration outside the Azerbaijani embassy in Ain Aar to denounce Azerbaijan's reintegration of Nagorno-Karabakh, Sept. 28, 2023.

Armenians in Lebanon protest Azerbaijan's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh

Demonstrators gathered outside the Azerbaijani embassy outside Beirut to protest the takeover of the majority Armenian enclave.