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Middle East Eyeby MEE and agencies23d ago
EU presses Washington to reverse visa ban on Palestinian UN delegation The European Union has urged the United States to reconsider its refusal to grant visas to Palestinian Authority (PA)...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff23d ago
Israel seeks US weapons 'compensation' after Saudi F-35 deal Israel plans to seek additional US weapons and defence capabilities as "compensation" after Washington approved the potential sale of...
Middle East Eyeby Soumaya Ghannoushi23d ago
The world must stop trying to 'rescue' Muslim women There is perhaps no woman in contemporary political discourse who has been rescued quite as relentlessly as the Muslim woman.
Middle East Eyeby Abdallah al-Naami23d ago
Gaza's children with Down syndrome struggle to rebuild skills lost to genocide After a long walk through displacement camps and dusty roads, 13-year-old Heba Alataar arrives exhausted at her class...
Middle East Eyeby Hilal Saki23d ago
Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • US President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation extending existing US...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff23d ago
Saudi Arabia cancels oil shipments to European refineries Saudi Arabia has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will not receive crude oil allocations in October, as the...
Middle East Eyeby Ilya Roubanis24d ago
Gulf-Eurasian energy crunch pushes Europe to the edge of an inflationary crisis Europe’s oil and gas supply is now disrupted by conflicts in both the Gulf and Eurasia.
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff24d ago
US lifts sanctions on Eritrea with Red Sea in focus The US has lifted sanctions on the Eritrean military and key entities on Friday, as the African country comes under renewed focus because of its...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff24d ago
US approves visas for Iranian officials to attend United Nations General Assembly The US State Department indicated on Thursday that it has approved visas for a small number of Iranian officials to...
Middle East Eyeby Nadav Rapaport24d ago
Ben Gvir supporters hand out gun-shaped keyrings to Israeli students Supporters of the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir handed gun-shaped keyrings emblazoned with the words...
Middle East Eyeby Zahra Rahmouni24d ago
Sahel instability pushes Algeria to rethink its long-standing non‑intervention doctrine At the request of Nigerien authorities and on the instruction of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Algeria...
Middle East Eyeby Sanaa Ansari Khan24d ago
Trump's war on dissent uses powers tested on Muslims The US invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and military campaigns in Pakistan, Syria and Yemen, left almost a million people dead...
Middle East Eyeby Ragip Soylu24d ago
Turkey busts Israel-linked 'scam empire' behind alleged $266m fraud Turkish security forces busted an Israel-linked fraudulent trading network that allegedly defrauded people in Europe, the Far...
Middle East Eyeby Ragip Soylu24d ago
Turkey to halt Iranian Mahan Air flights over US sanctions risk Turkey will suspend flights by the privately owned Iranian carrier Mahan Air after the US Treasury sanctioned Turkish ground-services...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff24d ago
Ms Rachel matches Macklemore with $1m donation for Palestinian children Children’s YouTube creator Ms Rachel will donate $1m to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, matching the American rapper...
Middle East Eyeby Trita Parsi24d ago
Saudi-Yemen conflict: The notion of an 'American saviour' is dead Once again, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman put his faith in US President Donald Trump to defend Saudi Arabia.
Middle East Eyeby Peter Oborne24d ago
UK settlements ban: How conspiracy theory accusing Burnham of courting ‘Islamist voters’ went global More than 1,000 Palestinians killed in less than three years in the occupied West Bank.
Middle East Eyeby Fayha Shalash24d ago
Palestinian prisoner gives birth in Israeli jail raising fears for pregnant detainees The birth of a baby to a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail has heightened concerns over the treatment of...
Middle East Eyeby Sean Mathews25d ago
US says it will sell up to 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia The US State Department has notified Congress that it plans to sell Saudi Arabia up to 48 F-35 warplanes, in a move that has been widely opposed...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff25d ago
Kyrie Irving offers to pay NFL player's fine as Palestine solidarity defies corporate pressure NBA star Kyrie Irving has offered to pay a fine imposed on Houston Texans linebacker Azeez al-Shaair...
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