Egypt: Court Clears Way for Transfer of Two Islands to KSA

The Court of Urgent Matters (CUM) issued an injunction on Thursday cancelling another court ruling that has blocked the transfer of the strategic islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. The court ruling has generated mixed feelings in the Read more

Libya not Concerned by OPEC Output Cut Agreement

A day after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached a deal Wednesday to reduce output by almost 700,000bpd collectively, Libya has stated that it will be an exception to the deal that could be finalized in November during Read more

KSA: JASTA Would Lead to “Serious Unintended Consequences”, Riyadh Tells US Congress

Riyadh has reacted to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) by calling on the US Congress that rejected President Obama’s veto “to avoid the serious unintended consequences that may ensue” from the enactment of the law because “the Read more

Libya: Haftar Explains His Vision of New Libya

Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, who was not straightforward about his ambitions to serve as the country’s leader, has however stated in an interview, “military people who were elected to lead their country achieved remarkable success.” Libya needs a leader with Read more

Lebanon: “Wahhabism More Evil than Israel”, Nasrallah

Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has lashed out at Saudi Arabia claiming that “Wahhabism is more evil than Israel, especially (in) that it seeks to destroy others and eliminate whatever thing that has to do with Islam and its Read more