First shipment of Ukrainian grain expected ‘after midnight’: Turkey
The Sierra Leone-registered ship, Razoni, set sail for Tripoli in Lebanon from Odessa just after 0600 GMT on Monday carrying 26,000 tons of…
Category: Middle East
The killing of Zawahiri: Twenty years too late – analysis
Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed twenty years too late, he should have been neutralized long ago, but he kept getting away…
Iran announces activation of hundreds of new centrifuges
The announcement comes just hours after the US announced new sanctions against Iran’s petroleum trade. Iran is activating “hundreds” of new and advanced…
US Treasury sanctions companies involved with Iran Petrochemical
The US Treasury announced sanctions against UAE and HK-based companies accused of facilitating the sale and transfer of Iranian petrochemical products. The US…
Iran possible nuclear blackmail is a menace – analysis
Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, said that reaching a deal with Tehran was now “highly…
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks heading to ‘final arrangement’ – US envoy
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that he is leaning away from fighting a war against Israel over gas. Maritime border talks…
US envoy signals optimism on Lebanese-Israeli maritime border deal
Amos Hochstein makes comments after meeting Lebanon’s top leaders at the presidential palace BEIRUT: The US official mediating a maritime border dispute between…
Mixed signals from Lebanon – analysis
On Friday, in advance of Hochstein’s visit, the Lebanese Foreign Minister expressed optimism that an agreement over the long-simmering dispute could be reached,…
Lebanese cleric demands state stop calling Lebanese citizens in Israel ‘agents’
The statement comes after an archbishop was detained while traveling between Lebanon and Israel. Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi expressed outrage at the…