Morocco Cancels All Exams Except High School Tests
On 12 May 2020 during a session at the House of Councilors, Morocco’s Minister of Education Said Amzazi announced the official cancellation of all final exams during the 2019-2020 academic…
An Outbreak Anywhere Is an Outbreak Everywhere
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has become the articulate, compassionate political face of government competence in fighting a pandemic. That’s quite an achievement for a man who as late as…
Saudi Arabia Jails Owner of Halal Bar
A Saudi Criminal Court has convicted the Saudi owner of a “halal bar” to three months in prison and a fine of US $2600 (10,000 Saudi riyals) for advertising what…
Amnesty Documents 18 Attacks on Clinics and Schools in Syria
On 11 May 2020, Amnesty International reported that during the past year, Russian-backed Syrian regime forces had carried out 18 attacks on medical facilities and schools in northwest Syria. The…
Britain Does Not Support Israeli West Bank Annexation
On 11 May 2020,UK Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said that Britain would not support an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank as it would make a two-state…
IMF Approves $2.7 Billion in Emergency Support to Egypt
On 11 may 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board approved Egypt’s request for emergency financial assistance of US $ 2.772 billion under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to…
Yemen’s Dead End
The latest episode came on April 26, 2020, when the STC (the Southern Transitional Council) declared that south Yemen would break away from the national government and henceforth rule itself.
Israel Demands Changes in UN Peacekeeping in Lebanon
On 6 May 2020, Israel’s UN ambassador, Danny Danon, said that Israel is demanding major changes in the way the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon operates on the ground…
Gulf Security: Arab Gulf States Have No Good Options
Members of Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia | Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas[/caption]…
Yemen’s Double Civil War
The unhappy war-torn state of Yemen is now split four ways. Not only are rival governments – one backed by a Saudi-UAE (United Arab Emirates) coalition, the other by the…