News 14 Sep 2018 Yemen’s information minister: Houthis broke into UN warehouses in Hodeidah Houthi militias have broken into UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses in the area of al-Hamadi in Hodeidah, which are normally used to store flour, and have filled them… Meet the Middle East
News 14 Sep 2018 Arab Coalition pilot, co-pilot die following helicopter crash in Yemen An Arab Coalition pilot and co-pilot died after their Royal Saudi Land Forces helicopter crashed due to a technical fault in the al-Mahrah governorate in Yemen, the coalition’s spokesman Colonel… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 UAE envoy to US: Doha haven for terror moneymen, Al Jazeera extremist bullhorn Al Jazeera is the region’s “extremist bullhorn” while Doha is a safe haven for US and UN designated “terrorist moneymen”, the UAE’s ambassador to the US Yousef Source: Al Arabiya… Meet the Middle East
News 14 Sep 2018 After disagreements over corruption, Iraq’s al-Sadr threatens to join opposition The head of the Iraqi Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, has threatened to join the opposition if disagreements around presidential candidate persists. In a tweet sent out on Thursday, al-Sadr said:… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 Israeli ambassador in Sweden condemns court for antisemitic verdict The criminal, who was supposed to be returned to the Palestinian Authority, had firebombed a synagogue in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 2017. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: Israeli… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 White House denies report Trump offered Abbas $5 bil. to enter peace talks The report, in Globes, claimed that Trump diplomats also gave Abbas' aides a "detailed timetable" for the start of negotiations. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: White House denies report Trump… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 On This Day: The signing of the Oslo accords, 25 years ago Rabin, Arafat, and then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a result. Source: Jerusalem Post Full Article: On This Day: The signing of the Oslo accords,… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 IDF ends 'Good Neighbor' humanitarian aid program for Syrian civilians The operation ended once the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad re-took control of the Syrian Golan Heights, seven years after losing it to rebel groups. Source: Jerusalem Post Full… Meet the Middle East
News 13 Sep 2018 Palestinians call on Abbas to dump Oslo Accords Representatives of Hamas and several Palestinian factions opposed to the Oslo Accords on Thursday attended a conference in Gaza City under the motto “The 25th Anniversary of the Catastrophic Oslo.”… Meet the Middle East
News 14 Sep 2018 The book that retraces Arab traveler Ibn Battuta’s tryst with India A visit in February 2018 to India’s Kozhikode (Calicut) – an important town in the itinerary of celebrity traveler Ibn Battuta – inspired American historian Ross Dunn to look back… Meet the Middle East
