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Will Sunday's elections weaken Hezbollah's grip on Lebanon?
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 16 (ANI): Lebanon, a country plagued by state mismanagement and rampant corruption, the currency of which lost 90 per cent of its value and 80 per cent of its population live below the poverty line, on Sunday had its first elections since 2018.
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Granting citizenship to Syrian refugees could tip the scales in Turkey's e
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] April 25 (ANI): The question of granting citizenship to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan is gradually becoming a controversial issue in Turkey, as the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu openly accuses President Recep Tayyip Erdog
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Are the attacks by Israeli Arabs an ISIS operation or a new 'Intifada of K
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], April 4 (ANI): Three separate deadly attacks by Israeli Arabs in just a week in Be'er Sheva, Hadera and Bnei Brak caused fears of an unprecedented "terrorist onslaught" by ISIS sleepers or a repetition of the 2015-2016 "Intifada of Knives". These three attacks, in which
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Turkey plays again the role of the Evasive Neutral
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 28 (ANI): As professor Frank G Weber wrote in his famous book about Turkeys Alliance in World War II titled "The Evasive Neutral: Germany, Britain and the Quest for a Turkish Alliance in the Second World War.
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Israel's shadow conflict with drones and cyber-attacks with Iran
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] March 21 (ANI): A shadow conflict, a sort of "war between wars" has been going on for years between Israel and Iran, as well as between Israel and Iran's proxies in Lebanon and Syria. This shadow conflict has escalated since the beginning of the year.
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The Middle East will suffer from the grain shortage due to the war in Ukra
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] March 7 (ANI): As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues unabated, many countries of the Middle East are seriously concerned about the inevitable shortage of grain as Russia and Ukraine together account for 30 per cent of global wheat exports. Russia is the world's larges
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As the Ukraine crisis escalates Middle East countries will be forced to pi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 21 (ANI): As the specter of all-out war in Ukraine looms large, a confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine will undoubtedly have ripple effects on the countries of the Middle East, which must take hard decisions and choose sides.
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Turkey steps up attacks on press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 14 (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an atte
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The implications of Houthi's drone and missile attack against Abu Dhabi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 24 (ANI): Last Monday's drone and missile attack by Iran-backed Houthis on oil facilities near the airport of Abu Dhabi, in which several fuel tankers were blown up and three people were killed, took most people by surprise.
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE- are they close allies or competing neighbors?
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 17 (ANI): In one of his Umrah (Islamic pilgrimage) trips to Mecca years ago, Sheikh Zayed Al-Nahyan, founding father of the United Arab Emirates, described the relationship between his country and Saudi Arabia in this way: "The UAE is with Saudi Arabia through it
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Under Erdogan's misguided policies, Turkey's Lira has its worst performanc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] January 3 (ANI): As a result of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unorthodox and misguided economic policies and especially his conviction that high-interest rates raise prices, the Turkish Lira is expected to have lost 44 per cent of its value in 2021, scoring its
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US perceived disengagement from the Middle East triggers strategic shifts
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 20 (ANI): The humiliating retreat of the United States from Afghanistan and the perceived disengagement of the US from the Middle East or at least the reduced emphasis Joe Biden gives to the region has led the Gulf States and other countries to reassess their po
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