Egyptian authorities yesterday shut down the local office of the Guardian newspaper after the British agency released a report which said that the number of coronavirus cases in the country were higher than official figures indicated. The State Information Services (SIS) said on Twitter that the government had also sent another warning to the local correspondent of the New York Times over what it described as a “professional […]
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The forces of Libya’s internationally recognised government will shift from a defensive to an offensive stance against the militia of Khalifa Haftar, said the government’s interior minister on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking on Libyan TV Channel 218, Fathi Bashagha said the Government of National Accord (GNA) will take further steps to repel Haftar’s militia from around Tripoli, Libya’s capital, where the GNA is based. He added […]
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Ever since Israel’s Operation Protective Edge military offensive in 2014, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategy has been to seek the normalisation of bombing the Gaza Strip. This has involved evading the kind of lengthy, wide-ranging aggression which attracts unwanted media attention, and has regaled Israel with a shift in international condemnation of its war crimes and human rights violations. On several occasions, the UN and the […]
Tensions are boiling over between Ankara and Damascus as Turkey vowed to take matters into its own hands and openly intervene in Syria’s Idlib province, where government forces are routing the Turkish-backed militants. The troubled north-western province is the last major bastion of the militants in war-torn Syria. It saw another round of escalating violence on Thursday. Local armed groups seeking to push back the Syrian […]
After over two years of sporadic Israeli air and missile attacks inside Syria, which Syria’s military has been more aggressive in responding to of late, Israel has issued a rare statement revealing its medium to long-term strategy, saying it will soon step up “offensive action” in the country to ensure Iranian fighters depart. Speaking to Ynet News on Wednesday the new Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett said, “We […]
On Saturday President Trump held a much anticipated and crucial phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan at a moment tensions are soaring over Idlib, and after a week of direct confrontations between the Syrian and Turkish armies left scores dead and wounded on either side. Turkey’s foreign minister said the two leaders discussed the unfolding crises in Syria and Libya — both places where Turkey is controversially […]
Over 140,000 Syrians have been displaced in just three days under the government’s offensive against opposition-held areas in the north-west of the country. The United Nations said yesterday that 800,000 people have now been displaced, with at least 60 per cent of these children, a figure that looks set to rise. Syria’s government, backed by Russia, has launched an offensive on Idlib province and southern and […]