Middle East

Exploring the shift in France’s priorities on Middle East issues 

Exploring the shift in France’s priorities on Middle East issues 

The French Foreign Ministry spoke about the arrest warrants against the Israeli prime minister on November 27. He strongly showed support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The ministry said that this decision of the ICC was not right. These leaders are protected by

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Trump's Pro-Israel stance fuels Middle East diplomacy debate

Trump’s pro-Israel stance fuels Middle East diplomacy debate

Former US President Donald Trump sympathized with Arab American and Muslim voters who were furious about the nation’s backing of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon in the closing weeks of the 2024 US presidential election. Trump traveled to the “capital” of Arab America, Dearborn, Michigan.  Additionally, he addressed Lebanese

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Analyzing the new approach to bringing peace to the Middle East

Analyzing the new approach to bringing peace to the Middle East

In September, Israel carried out an attack against Hamas and Hezbollah and killed their leaders. Every nation thinks that these attacks make Israel stronger. However, these actions did not remove the threat from either group. On October 1, Iran targeted Israel and launched a missile attack on it. This incident

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Italy and France Urge Immediate Ceasefire in the Middle East

Italy and France Urge Immediate Ceasefire in the Middle East

In a crucial diplomatic discussion on Tuesday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot emphasized the urgent need for a ceasefire in the Middle East, underscoring the importance of preventing further escalation in the region. The two leaders’ call for peace comes at a critical juncture,

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Navigating the rising tension between Israel and France

Navigating the rising tension between Israel and France

French President Emmanuel Macron received criticism from Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz. This opposition is due to ‌the President’s decision to ban ‌Israeli companies from an arms fair. This will be held in Paris next month. Kartz said that the decision by Macron regarding to ban was not fair and

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Gaza war: Muslims community boycott the McDonal’s

Gaza war: Muslims community boycott the McDonal’s

Recently McDonald’s reported its first drop in worldwide sales since the COVID-19 pandemic. This droppage in the sales of McDonald is due to the boycott of Muslim and Pro-Palestine. People do this to stop the violence against innocent ones in the Gaza war. But still the situation is worsened. This

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France returns stolen statue: Louvre to Libya

France returns stolen statue: Louvre to Libya

A statue that dates back 2,400 years has been returned to Libya by France, more than ten years after it was taken from the North African nation and housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The monument landed at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli , according to the Libyan Administrative Control

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Navigating Peril: Egypt's Balancing Act at the Gates of Gaza

Navigating Peril: Egypt’s Balancing Act at the Gates of Gaza

Egypt has been presented with a challenging predicament since the Gaza War began in October, as it tries to maintain its ties with Israel, its neighbor, while simultaneously demonstrating support with the Palestinians. The sole access to the outside world for the beleaguered region that is not directly controlled by

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French diplomatic pivot: Responding to Gaza's high death toll

French diplomatic pivot: Responding to Gaza’s high death toll

The UN Relief and Works Agency will get continuous financial support, according to the French ambassador to Jordan. Alexis Le Cour Grandmaison emphasized the need of putting a stop to settlement violence in the West Bank and promoting a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip at a meeting with the Senate’s

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Trump administration expected to approve Israel annexing areas of West Bank

John T Bennet – White House officials and senior lawmakers are operating under the assumption that Israel will soon begin annexing areas of the West Bank, according to a Senate source familiar with recent conversations. Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, Donald Trump‘s son-in-law and top Middle East peace envoy, briefed senators on Wednesday behind

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Europe’s Absence in the Middle East

By Judy Dempsey For Carnegie Europe- When the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and the European Union clinched a deal with Iran on its nuclear program in 2015, there were some hopes that the agreement would usher in a period of stability in the Middle East. But when

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Europe and the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Middle East

By Rusi – Tobias Borck– As Europe has become the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, governments on the continent have closed borders and turned inwards, scrambling to curb the outbreak and minimise the economic fallout. The crisis is raising big questions about European solidarity, while pushing other matters such as

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Ravaged by war, Middle Eastern countries face a new scourge

CAIRO — When Dr. Ismail al-Mansouri goes to work in Yemen’s capital, he puts on one of the hospital’s few pairs of medical gloves. Then he enters a cramped clinic teeming with listless patients, many malnourished, some vomiting, others with diarrhea. Al-Mansouri, a pediatrician, has been struggling for years to

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US wages endless war on terror, but fails in war on coronavirus

From MEE – The United States built an entire infrastructure to counter terrorism and criminalise Muslim communities, spending nearly $6.4 trillion in wars that killed half a million people since 2001. In contrast, there has been little focus on preparing the country for the Covid-19 pandemic. This begs the question: what is the bigger threat? The world has

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Will Turkey ever be part of the European Union?

“I would like to hear a clear declaration,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Poland last week. “If you want to accept Turkey, just do it. If you don’t want to, just say that.” Erdogan was of course, speaking of Turkey’s bid to join the EU, a partnership

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Trump Forced by Oil War Into Unthinkable Push for Higher Prices

Donald Trump is trying to do something no U.S. president has dared to do in decades: Drive up the price of oil. For more than three decades, U.S. presidents proclaimed cheap fuel as an almost God-given right for American motorists and homeowners, shaping the country’s foreign policy in pursuit of

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