Saudi Arabia to host green summits in Egypt in November
.Mideast event coincides with UN climate conference .Cabinet affirms foreign policies on environment, security, Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Tuesday affirmed that the Kingdom…
Category: Middle East
Maritime border dispute emerges between Lebanon, Syria
.Russian oil company signs agreement with Syria for exploration in Mediterranean Sea that conflicts with Lebanon’s 2011 demarcation The Syrian government signed a…
Lebanon, Syria discuss sea border after Beirut’s Israel deal
.Aoun told Assad that Lebanon was keen “to begin negotiations with Syria to delineate its northern maritime boundary” .The two leaders discussed delineation…
Israel to sign maritime border deal with Lebanon Thursday: PM
.Israel holds elections on November 1, and the petitions additionally argued that agreements to cede territory should not be concluded during an election…
Iran security forces fire tear gas near Tehran school after dispute
.Videos circulating on social media showed heavily armed security forces outside the school .One clip showed them on motorbikes and firing at least…
Sweden ‘will fulfill deal with Turkey on NATO’
.Turkey stalled Sweden and Finland’s historic bid to join NATO over concerns that the two countries — Sweden in particular — had become…
Egypt secures power with maritime border pacts: El-Sisi
.$120bn in energy costs a year saved, says president .Zohr gas field discovery critical to country’s needs A maritime demarcation agreement with Cyprus…
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank: Palestinian ministry.
.These raids, often accompanied by clashes with the Palestinian population, have resulted in more than a hundred deaths on the Palestinian side Four…
Spanish man trekking to World Cup reported missing in Iran
.The experienced trekker, former paratrooper and fervent football fan, 41-year-old Santiago Sánchez, was last seen in Iraq after hiking through 15 countries .Sánchez’s…