EXCLUSIVE: Foreign NGOs secretly lobby to fire Jordanian staff despite Covid-19 protection law
A group of international NGOs in Jordan have for months been privately pressuring the government – with the help of 15 foreign ambassadors – for exemptions to a law protecting workers from dismissal during the Covid-19 pandemic, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Iran’s foreign minister in Qatar for talks after visiting Oman
The Iranian foreign minister is on a regional tour as talks in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal continue.
Lebanese, Egyptian PMs discuss energy, trade
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly discussed the transfer of Egyptian gas to Lebanon on the sidelines of the World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh.
Yemeni government says southern province retaken from rebels
Forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government have reclaimed the entire southern province of Shabwa from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, officials said Tuesday. The development is a blow to the rebels after government forces earlier this month made significant advances in the country’s south.
Israeli forces attack Palestinian rallies, injure nearly two dozen
At least 22 Palestinians protesting against illegal Israeli settlements have been injured by Israeli forces in different areas across the occupied West Bank.
Libyan PM Dbeibah rejects meeting Israeli delegation in Jordan
Libya’s interim PM Dbeibah rejects reports claiming he met with Israeli delegation during visit to Amman, Jordan.
Pro-Palestine activists push Israel-based defence firm to sell UK factory
A group of pro-Palestine activists with sheer determination has made Israel’s largest privately-owned arms manufacturer sell one of its subsidiaries in the UK.
Turkey moves forward with mass production of light attack aircraft
Turkish Aerospace Industries’ Hürjet, domestically developed advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft, receives green light for first-phase mass production at Defense Industry Executive Committee meeting.
How Bush and Blair plotted war in Iraq: Read the secret memo in full
Published for the first time, the ‘exceptionally sensitive’ letter revealing what was really discussed at Bush’s Texas ranch.
Turkey, Armenia talk normalising ties after decades of animosity
The neighbours are at odds over various issues, primarily the 1915 mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.
Lebanese bus, truck drivers block roads over soaring prices
Lebanon’s public transport drivers blocked roads on Thursday, paralyzing traffic throughout the country in protest against the manipulation of exchange rates that has left them out of pocket.
Iran’s Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote ‘My Uncle Napoleon,’ dies
Iraj Pezeshkzad, an Iranian author whose bestselling comic novel, “My Uncle Napoleon,” lampooned Persian culture’s self-aggrandizing and paranoid behavior as the country entered the modern era, has died. He was 94.
Assad officer found guilty of crimes against humanity in torture trial
German court sentenced former Syrian intelligence colonel Anwar Raslan to life after he was found guilty of overseeing the murder of 27 people at the Al Khatib detention centre in Damascus in 2011 and 2012.
