News 19 Feb 2021 Israel Elections: Nachman Shai refused special return permit "How many candidates are there who are now outside the country and need to get back?" Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Israel Elections: Nachman Shai refused special return permit Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Algeria frees first activists after presidential pardons President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in a long-awaited speech to the nation late Thursday, declared dozens of pardons in a gesture of appeasement as the protest movement gathers momentum once again.. Source:… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Israeli cycling team to compete in UAE Tour on Sunday Co-owner of the Israeli cycling team Sylvan Adams said racing in the Gulf kingdom is a “building block” to “very warm relations.” Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Israeli cycling team… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Saudi troops deployed to Marib as fears of famine mount The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has redeployed troops to the Marib region and increased air strikes to try to repel an advance by the Iran-aligned Houthi militias, sources in… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Turkey tries lobbying to wiggle out of US-imposed F-35 sanctions Unable to find a negotiated way to getting back in the US-led F-35 fighter jet programme, Turkey has hired a Washington-based law firm to lobby US President Joe Biden’s administration..… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Princess Latifa 'being cared for at home' – Dubai royal family Dubai's royal family says she is.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Princess Latifa 'being cared for at home' – Dubai royal family Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Jordanian journalist Taysir al-Najjar, detained for three years by UAE over Gaza Facebook post, dies The 46-year-old had developed illnesses during a jail sentence in the UAE for posting about the country's involvement in the war on Gaza in 2014.. Source: Albawaba Full Article: Jordanian… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Can Turkey fit into the Biden administration’s Syria policy? The gnarliest problem: Pentagon report says Syrian, Iranian proxies are "most significant" threats to US mission, but the Islamic State isn’t dead yet, and Turkey and the United States still… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 'Hostage-like arrests' in Egypt target families of US-based activists, rights groups say A coalition of human rights groups accused the Egyptian government of intimidating and harassing the family members of prominent activists living abroad. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: 'Hostage-like arrests' in… Meet the Middle East
News 19 Feb 2021 Equatorial Guinea to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem The West African state is the second on the continent to announce plans to open an embassy in the holy city, and the first country anywhere to do so since… Meet the Middle East