Tag Archives: Trump

Twitter Thread: The End of Iran’s Qassem Suleimani

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

The American President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, in a drone strike on the Baghdad International Airport. The death of Iran’s strong man is described by many … Continue reading →

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This Week In Egypt: Week 45-2019 ( Nov 4-10)

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

Top Headlines US president Trump says Nile dam talks in Washington ‘went well’ Egypt’s inflation rate slowed to its lowest level in over 9 years Dutch ISIS Militant was involved in plot to bomb Russian aircraft in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Syria offensive: Update-Day 10

Posted on October 18, 2019 by

The pause was so short as events continue to unfold in Syria. Here is a brief summery, including a crucial report by Amnesty on evidence of war crimes committed by the Turkish side. Headlines Amid scattered fighting, Turkey’s Erdogan threatens … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Syria Offensive: Day 9 -Oct 17-2019

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

For the last few days, I have chronicled the events in North Syria, following the Turkish invasion. As a ceasefire has been reached, I will pause this chronicle unless further developments happen. Thanks everyone who read and supported my blog.  … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Syria offensive Day 8 -Oct 16-2019

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

Headlines Turkey’s President Erdogan has rejected U.S. demands to cease fire in Syria Turkey Advances on Kobani in latest broken promise Turkey-Kurd conflict ‘has nothing to do with us,’ Trump says Turkey may be ‘responsible’ for executions of Kurds in … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s Syria Offensive: Day 6-Oct 14-2019

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

Headlines Guardian’s today Timeline Syrian troops enter towns in northeast as Erdogan warns of wider offensive Trump to impose sanctions on Turkey on Turkey NATO’s Stoltenberg defends stance on Turkey’s offensive in Syria EU condemns Turkey over Syria, but no … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 37 ( Sept 9-15)

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

Top Headlines Egypt’s el-Sisi dismisses corruption allegations Egypt calls on US to remove Sudan from terror list Trump, awaiting Egyptian Counterpart at Summit, reportedly called Out for “my favourite dictator” Egypt to start work on $2.4-billion telecom network for first … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 35-2019 (August 26- Sept 1)

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

Again, I am grateful to my friends who helped me compiling this week’s news and reports. I am also grateful to my followers and their supportive messages. It has been tough few weeks with sickness but hopefully the worst is … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 18 ( April 29- May 5)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Top Headlines  The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation Egypt has formally received a third submarine of the four it has been promised, as part of a deal with German Egypt warns Turkey … Continue reading →

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The time is not ripe for a “deal of the century”

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Ahead of Jared Kushner, the senior advisor to President Donald Trump, speech at the Washington Institute, in which he will discuss the Trump administration’s Middle East peace effort, here is my piece on why Kushner plan is doomed to fail. The … Continue reading →

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