Middle East Experience

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States has offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, where the outbreak has killed 34 people, and raised doubts about
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: US offered to help Iran with responding to coronavirus: Pompeo

Saudi Arabia’s ministry of health detected on Monday the first coronavirus case, a Saudi national traveling from Iran to the Kingdom through Bahrain, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. The
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Saudi Arabia reports first coronavirus case, a Saudi national coming from Iran

Iran reported eight new deaths from coronavirus as the number of….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iranian MPs contract coronavirus as death toll rises to 34

Fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan, a Japanese government minister told the Lebanese government Monday during a visit to Beirut, adding that Beirut had agreed to cooperate but without saying how..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Japanese minister tells Lebanon Ghosn should stand trial in Japan

The latest casualties bring to 53 the number of Turkish troops killed in Syria this month alone after 33 soldiers were killed on Thursday in the battleground northwestern province of Idlib.Turkey
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Death toll of Turkish soldiers killed in Syria in February alone reaches 53

The European Union's chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, expressed sympa….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: EU executive says Turkey letting migrants through

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday warned Iran not to scuttle an upcoming agreement with the Taliban, accusing the US adversary of seeking to be a “spoiler.” Pompeo confirmed that
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: US watching ‘closely’ to see if Iran tries to undermine peace in Afghanistan

Responding to today’s death sentences of 37 defendants by the Cairo Criminal Court following their conviction on terrorism-related charges, Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said:..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Egypt: Death sentences against 37 convicted of terrorism after unfair trial

The death toll from coronavirus in Iran is “much higher” than the official death toll, Iranian MP Gholamali Jafarzadeh Imenabadi said on Friday, adding that he has documented
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Coronavirus death toll in Iran ‘much higher’ than what govt says: MP

Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country, its president s….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Japanese minister raises Ghosn case in visit to Lebanon