Cyprus – the two-state solution the UN rejects
The UN’s enthusiastic support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian dispute is well attested, but there is a certain two-state solution that the UN resolutely refuses to endorse. Cyprus…
Jordan Issues over 190,000 Work Permits to Syrian Refugees
More than 190,000 work permits have been issued to Syrian refugees in Jordan, said Jordan’s Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Safadi, at the recent IVth Brussels Conference on Support for the…
UN Raises $7.7bn in Humanitarian Aid for Syria
On 30 June 2020, the UN raised a total of $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria at the virtual UN donor conference on Syria in Brussels, Belgium. Syria…
What Is North Korea Sending to the Assad Regime?
Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country’s chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months. A confidential report by a panel of…
What is France up to in the Middle East?
The name of the game is power politics. France was a major presence in the Middle East following the First World War, but has been on the retreat ever since,…