Middle East Experience

The police spokesperson claimed that Cassif refused to leave the area after officers declared the protest unlawful.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel police officers questioned over Ofer Cassif beating

Palestinian civil society activists warned the Palestinian leadership against using the issue of Jerusalem as an excuse to delay or even cancel the elections.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Palestinian factions: No elections without Jerusalem

A military intelligence cooperation agreement between Egypt and Uganda comes just days after the failure of the Kinshasa negotiations regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt, Uganda agree to share military intelligence

Iraq broke its record for most coronavirus cases in a day Wednesday and the country is far from having enough vaccine doses for its population of around 40 million.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iraq, hard hit by COVID-19, sets new daily case record

The Hankuk Chemi tanker was released following an investigation into alleged water pollution, but the real reason for its detention may have been frozen Iranian funds in South Korea.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran releases South Korean ship

Meetings on the Iran nuclear agreement will continue in Vienna as Iran continues its demand for "Trump sanctions" to be removed.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran nuclear talks to resume next week

In Trump's final days, the White House introduced a slew of new sanctions aimed at hindering a return to the nuclear deal. Yet since the designations were so blatantly politicized, the risk of undoing them is politically manageable.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: White House faces tough task of tearing down Iran sanctions wall to save nuclear deal

Three soldiers who worked for the Saudi Ministry of Defense were executed for committing a crime of high treason, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) cited the ministry as saying on Saturday.Investigations revealed that the three ministry employees committed treason “in cooperation with the enemy in a way that violates the Kingdom” and “its military interests,” the ministry said.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The three soldiers are Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Yahya Akam, Shaher bin Isa bin Qasim Haqqawi, and Hamoud bin Ibrahim bin Ali Hazmi, according to SPA.The ministry said the three men were convicted in court and a later royal order served as a death warrant.“The ministry said that the three soldiers were convicted of high treason following the investigation which uncovered their collaboration with the enemy over plots against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s military interests, security and stability, adding that the convicted soldiers had been referred to the specialized court with all judicial guarantees essential for fair trial, the rule of law and the proper administration of justice,” SPA reported.The defense ministry said it “denounced the heinous crime,” adding that “it is alien to its members and the country’s values.”Read more:Saudi Arabia executes Yemeni man who carried out attack on performers in RiyadhSaudi Arabia executes four convicted extremists for Qatif attacksSaudi Arabia executes ISIS member who killed his cousin
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia executes three soldiers for committing high treason: Ministry

Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after talks on rescuing it got underway.President Hassan Rouhani officially inaugurated the cascades of 164 IR-6 centrifuges and 30 IR-5 devices at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment plant in a ceremony broadcast by state television.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The television aired no images of the cascades but broadcast a link with engineers at the plant who said they had introduced uranium hexafluoride gas to the cascades after receiving the order from Rouhani.Iran’s latest move to step up uranium enrichment follows an opening round of talks Tuesday with representatives of the remaining parties to the nuclear deal on bringing the United States back into the deal.Former President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.The Vienna talks are focused not only on lifting crippling economic sanctions Trump reimposed, but also on bringing Iran back into compliance after it responded by suspending several of its own commitments.All sides said the talks, in which Washington is not participating directly but has the European Union as intermediary, had got off to a good start.The IR-5 and IR-6 centrifuges allow uranium to be enriched more quickly and in greater amounts than the Iran’s first generation devices, which are the only ones that the 2015 deal allows it to use.Rouhani again underlined at the ceremony, which coincided with Iran’s National Nuclear Technology Day, that Tehran’s nuclear program is solely for “peaceful” purposes.Read more:UN atomic watchdog IAEA reports new Iranian breach of nuclear dealParties to Iran nuclear talks see progress despite disagreement with US on sanctionsUS ‘very serious’ about nuclear deal, but Iran’s position still unclear: Official
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran starts advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear enrichment breach

Egypt inaugurated the first of its kind and one of the largest pharmaceutical cities in the Middle East, as the country seeks to become a regional center for the manufacture of medicines.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt opens mega pharmaceutical city