"It is important to demonstrate that the UAE and Bahrain are two separate countries," said Global Research’s Mitchell Barak. "While we are being sold that they are like cousins, they have very different opinions about Israel and in general."
Western powers seeking to rescue Lebanon’s teetering economy have given the country’s leaders an ultimatum: there will be no bailout unless they form a credible government to overhaul a bankrupt state – and do it quickly.
Ahead of government shutdowns, Health Minister Saeed Namaki warns nation that "This is the last chance for our health system to recover."
Adel al-Jubeir says Riyadh "will do everything it can to protect its people and territories" against Iran's ambitions and aggression in the region.
In contravention of nuclear deal, Iran has begun feeding UF6 gas feedstock into its advanced IR-2m uranium-enriching centrifuges at the underground plant at Natanz, the International Atomic Energy Agency says in new report.
In report to UN Security Council, Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on Lebanese government to provide UNIFIL access to cross-border terror tunnels, act to disarm group. Israeli ambassador to UN calls on world body to immediately declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warns of “high price” if Western allies pull troops out of Afghanistan too quickly: “Afghanistan risks becoming once again a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on our homelands. And ISIS could rebuild in Afghanistan the terror caliphate it lost in Syria and Iraq,” he says.
PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says the decision to resume cooperation with Israel is based in part on confronting the health crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov't spokesperson says Israel using 'psychological warfare," after New York Times reported that outgoing US president discussed options for taking out Iran's nuclear program.
Iraq has put hundreds of suspected jihadists on trial and carried out several mass executions since defeating Islamic State fighters in a 2014-2017 US-backed military campaign.
