Middle East
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(Thread) After president Trump executive order to designate Houthis as an (FTO). In the past 72 hours, the Houthis have been mobilizing forces toward central Marib and northern pa...
Recently reports emerged that Turkey and Iran have given control of the Afghan missions in Tehran and Istanbul to the de-facto authorities in Afghanistan. [THREAD] 1/n https://t....
On @Bathily_UNSMIL 's briefing to the SC on his new plan. Perhaps the most prominent feature of the plan is that it's goal-oriented focused on renewing political legitimacy through...
#Yemen Millions of Yemenis have taken part in mass rallies to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of President Saleh Al-Sammad, in the capital Sana’a and several other provinces...
After centuries of cruel chattel slavery, African slaves rise up to massacre their oppressors. A protracted & bitter war ensues, the rebels taking refuge in the marshes & rivers th...
#Syria #Israel Israeli Aggression Targets Residential Building In Damascus; Five Killed This cowardly attack takes place while the Syrian are facing difficult humanitarian conditi...
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announces the launch of #NewMurabba, the world’s largest downtown in Riyadh, covering 19 km²… The project will contain #TheMukaab, an extraordinar...
Happy Valentine’s Day, unless you’re in Afghanistan. Today, the Taliban banned the holiday. Signs have been posted across the city warning people of the “day of infidelity.” But...
Biden has called for wide agreement to be reached in Israel on sweeping changes to the judiciary pushed by Netanyahu's hard-right gov't. The overhaul would increase the gov't's sw...
#Sudan How do you solve a problem like Minawi/Gibreil? It's tempting to just ignore them: they have no credibility (especially post-Cairo), no constituency and without patronage f...
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook southeast Turkey early Monday and was felt in several provinces and elsewhere in the Middle East. The quake jolted residents in Lebanon from beds,...
1/ Nothing is said in #Egypt that annoys Sisi. And nothing is said in the #UAE that annoys Bin Zayed. Both have an iron grip on public debate. So when the Egypt-UAE rift spills ov...
#Saudi Arabia has given #Yemen $12 billion since 2015. https://t.co/PyBVP14ed1
Israel - Palestine Conflict (Explained) Part - 2 14th May 1948 Jerusalem means City of Peace but there is no peace in this story. In last 4000 years this city was completely dest...
Thread: The first partisan to arrive in Chechnya in 1995 was Emir Khattab, or Samir Saleh Abdullah al-Suwailim, a Saudi-Jordanian foreign fighter. He came from a religious and well...
Today, the Syrian intelligence eliminated another ISIS leader in Daraa. Mohamad Ali al-Shaghuri was killed along with two of his guards in a raid in al-Muzariyb town in the western...
Friends in Egypt and abroad asking more questions about where the 10-year debt binge was spent. Here are some highlights. Where government didn't invest directly, FX-rate control i...
I covered the Egyptian economy for a decade. The implosion we're seeing now is the result of years of repressive financial management, just like the revolution of 2011 was caused b...
Turkish Talībán fighters in Paktia province. In 2005 when Talībán's insurgency had gained momentum to move towards it's ultimate goal (Aug, 2021) five Turkish nationals from Istan...
every American evangelical jerking off over Israel needs to wake the fuck up https://t.co/toStutpfFR
THE IMPACT OF THE ISLAMIC STATE IN ASIA Background: A Resurgence of Transnational Terrorism in Asia? The dramatic successes of the Salafi-Jihadist terrorist movement, the Islamic...
1 \ Scoop: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Friday night Ukraine’s President Zelensky & asked that his country vote against the UN general assembly resolution to refer th...
1. The level of callousness in which #Yemen's conflict is depicted is truly insulting to Yemenis. This article published by @thehill is poorly researched & amateurishly written w/o...
1 \ BREAKING: White House National Security Spokesperson tells me: "We look forward to working with Israel to advance the interests and values that have been at the heart of our re...