February 2022

The horror that faced Yazidi boys as young as seven who were forced to train and fight as Islamic State (ISIS) soldiers is driven home in a short film in…

The lifting of ban on four newspapers that had been barred from publishing since 2016 and 2017 for exposing alleged corruption and human rights violations is a positive step, but…

Gas exploration plan for the fiscal year 2022/2023 is expected to add 450 million cubic feet to gas production per day.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Egypt gas exports to reach…

The ground in the Middle East is shifting yet again.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Embattled Erdogan Signals Turkish-Israeli Thaw

The chill of a Cold War hung over Eastern Europe again Friday, with Russian military maneuvers and drills close to Ukraine and the US escalating its dire warnings about a…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would speak to Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to head off a possible invasion of Ukraine.“We continue to…

Saudi Arabia has recorded 1,726 new COVID-19 cases and two virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health.A total of 726,251 COVID-19 cases and…

The UAE Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, is requesting citizens to “postpone travel” to the country, according to a social media post shared by the authority on Saturday.The embassy did not…

Mazloum Abdi, who heads the Democratic Forces, warned that ISIS fighters are still very much present in the wake of a deadly attack by the extremists on a Syrian prison…

IMF team leader said “strong upfront actions will be necessary to start turning the economy around and rebuilding confidence.”.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: IMF says more work needed for Lebanon…