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Iran, Syria killed more Arabs than Israel did

During the Arab-OIC summit in Riyadh, Arab and Muslim leaders denounced the ongoing Israeli targeting of civilians in Gaza and called for a ceasefire and a lasting two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Out of all leaders who spoke at the summit, the Syrian and Iranian regimes showed hypocrisy and drew disdain as they have […]

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UK Supreme Court hearing scrutinizes legality of Rwanda migrant deportation policy

Three days of arguments have begun at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on Monday (9 October) with the UK government arguing its policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda is safe, while lawyers for migrants from Vietnam, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Sudan contend it’s unlawful and inhumane. The Home Office has brought the […]

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Sahara: Iran’s military support to Polisario rings alarm bell at UK Parliament

The Sahara conflict and the serious regional threat posed by the Iranian military support to the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militia have triggered the alarm bell at the UK parliament. During a debate held lately at the House of Commons on Iranian hostile activities threatening UK partners and allies, conservative MP James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend […]

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Why Iran is not serious about normalizing ties with Morocco

Few days after Iran said it looks forward to normalizing ties with Morocco and Egypt, the regime of the Moullah has once again shown its hostility to Morocco by supporting the thesis of the Polisario and its Algerian mentors at the UN’s fourth committee. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Iranian ambassadors to Muslim countries on […]

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The Defense Post: Iran’s support for Algeria and Polisario threatens Morocco and regional stability

Iran’s support for Algeria and Polisario threatens not only Morocco, but also the stability of the broader region, writes The Defense Post, an independent security and defense news publication In an Op-Ed published this Tuesday on the threats posed by the Iranian drones in Africa, Lonzo Cook, a former CNN journalist, says the efforts to […]

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South Africa, a nerve centre for terror financing in Africa

South Africa has never really been affected by terrorism attacks. Its democracy is solid, its economy stable. However, it is considered a stronghold for the financing of the Islamic State (IS) group and other Islamist organizations, South African counter-terrorism expert Jasmine Opperman told AFP. Islamist financiers gather money in the country and transfer it into […]

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Morocco Takes Part in Arab FM Meetings Ahead of Jeddah Summit

Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita is taking part in the preparatory meetings for the 32nd Arab Summit due in Jeddah on May 19. The summit comes amid ongoing Sudan crisis, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, continuing tension between Morocco and Algeria over the Sahara issue, Syria’s return to the Pan-Arab organization, the Iranian and Turkish interferences in […]

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“Glimmer of hope” in Africa as recorded executions soar to highest level in years

Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, according to an Amnesty International annual report published on Tuesday (16 May), which also decries the situation particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with its “most notorious executioners (carrying) out killing sprees”. Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest […]

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Iran’s drone diplomacy, a danger to the West, MENA region, expert Alex Grinberg warns

The Iranian regime’s export of drones to destabilizing actors is shaking the entire MENA region, and as the war in Ukraine has shown, shakes even Western countries, warns Alex Grinberg, expert on Iran based at the Jerusalem Institute for Security and Strategy, who underlines that after Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, the Iranian […]

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Iran opens a front in a distance, warns an expert on Middle Eastern affairs

Expert on Middle Eastern affairs Ehud Yaari has warned against Iran’s scheme to lay its influence and flare up wars in distant areas, mainly in North Africa and the Sahel-Sahara region, noting that the Iranians may acquire new outposts that would increase their ability to blackmail and threaten, and of course allow new jumping off […]