Middle East Experience

While the administration has expressed strong opposition to Israeli settlement expansion, which it said “deeply damages the prospect for a two-state solution,” settlement construction has gone ahead apace..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Growing Israeli West Bank settlements test US ahead of Biden visit

Egyptian authorities should ease their grip on civic space and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to enable a successful climate summit, known as the COP27, in Egypt, 36 organizations said today..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt: Statements on COP27 imply restricting activism

The US has “information” that indicates Iran is preparing to train Russian forces to use the armed drones as early as this month..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: US reveals Iranian plan to deliver ‘hundreds’ of armed drones to Russia

Alexei Gorinov, a district councilor in capital Moscow was jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of "disseminating fake information about Russia's army."
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Russian lawyer, councilor jailed for criticizing invasion of Ukraine

Evictions of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank have increased after they lost a land rights case in Israel’s top court on May 4..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Concerns mount over worst Palestinian displacement in ‘decades’

Russia's ambassador to London Andrei Kelin gives insight into potential Russian endgame in Ukraine • Russia warns Lithuania it could take 'harsh' measures over Kaliningrad transit
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Russia 'will defeat Ukrainian forces in Donbas, unlikely to leave south'

The new industrial zone’s developers are hoping its position near Port Said means it will succeed where other similar projects have faltered..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt reclaims Suez Canal mudflat for vast industrial hub

In a letter to the US president, the family accused the US of adopting the Israeli government's conclusions over the journalist's death.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Shireen Abu Akleh's family asks to meet Joe Biden during Israel trip

Iraq’s oil minister said the deals, which circumvent the government in Baghdad, are illegal and amount to oil smuggling..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iraq government vows to act to annul Kurdish oil deals

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Famed French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy talks about his film ‘Why Ukraine’
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Ukraine's Zelensky entered Jewish heroism hall of glory - Bernard-Henri Lévy