BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:30 A.M.) – Turkey has notified Greece, Israel and the European Union of the necessity to obtain its permission regarding activities affecting its continental shelf in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, as reported by
BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:45 A.M.) – The Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ambassador Hussam Zaki, revealed the reasons that prevent Syria from returning to its seat in the League. On Thursday, Sky News Arabia quoted the Assistant Secretary-General
The United States has flown B-52 long-range strategic bombers over the Middle East in a mission aimed at deterring potential aggression in the region, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Wednesday. CENTCOM said the “defensive” mission
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:00 A.M.) – U.S. Senator (Kentucky) Rand Paul recently challenged the new Secretary of State nominee Anthony Blinken on his history of pushing regime change in the Middle East and North Africa. Sen. Paul began his argument by
BEIRUT, LEBANON 4:10 P.M.) – The annual rankings of military strength of the countries of the world, issued by the Global Fire Power website, were released recently, along with the regional rankings. In the Middle East region, Turkey was considered
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The administration of US President-elect Joe Biden has informed Israeli officials that it has begun secret contacts with Iranian officials to return to the nuclear deal, according to Israeli Channel 12 correspondent Nir Dafouri. This
Jim Jeffrey has penned an article in Foreign Affairs magazine urging President-elect Joe Biden to stay the course on Donald Trump’s Middle East policy, encouraging him to avoid George W. Bush and Barack Obama-style nation-building and “endless wars,” and to
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) – The White House released a statement in which outgoing President Donald Trump spoke about his country’s position on the wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, and the participation of US forces in them. Trump
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – Paris announced that the French aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, will carry out during the first half of this year a mission in the eastern Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean, as part of
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Secretary General of the Expediency Council and the presidential candidate for the current year, General Mohsen Rezaei, called for “building a new Iranian project”, which he described as the” Iranian golden belt “, in
