Archives for September, 2022

Yemeni scouts participate in an official parade marking the eighth anniversary of the Houthi takeover of Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 20, 2022.

Yemen's Houthis mark 8th anniversary of Sanaa takeover

In a new display of military power, the Houthis used helicopters for the first time to commemorate the 8th anniversary of their capture of Sanaa.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian listens during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran on June 23, 2022.

Interview

Iran ‘ready to provide answers’ on nuclear probes, FM says

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discusses the nuclear talks, the prospects for a prisoner exchange and the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

Foreign Minister of Iran

Thousands of Jewish pilgrims flocked to Uman despite please from local officials to stay away

Tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims in Ukraine despite war

Agence France-Presse

A woman holds a banner reading 'This is the image of my people. Carry the voice of the Iranians' during a demonstration in support of Iranian protesters in Paris on Sunday

Police clash with Iran protesters in London and Paris

Agence France-Presse

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan received German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Abu Dhabi, a stop on a Gulf tour that saw him travel to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to secure new energy sources

UAE agrees to supply Germany with gas, diesel as Scholz tours Gulf

Agence France-Presse

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a speech during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, New York, Sept. 22, 2022.

Israel's Arab voters unimpressed with Lapid’s UN speech on two-state solution

In his address to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Yair Lapid also addressed Israeli Arab citizens, boasting that his coalition included an Arab party and that his government included Arab ministers.

Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi at the Cannes Film Festival in France, on May 28, 2022

Iran Oscar-winning director urges 'solidarity' with protesters

Agence France-Presse

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, here with UAE Minister of Climate Change Mariam Almheiri touring a mangrove park in Abu Dhabi, is visiting the Gulf to secure energy supplies

Germany's Scholz cites energy supply 'progress' on UAE visit

Agence France-Presse

Israeli troops are pictured at the scene in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian driver was shot dead after what the army called an "attempted ramming attack" but Palestinians said was a traffic accident

Israel troops kill Palestinian driver in alleged car-ramming

Agence France-Presse

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) shakes hands with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz at al-Salam Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah

Germany's Scholz in Saudi Arabia on Gulf energy hunt

Agence France-Presse

France's TotalEnergies is to pump $1.5 billion dollars into exanding gas output from Qatar's huge North Field, adding to more than $2 billion already announced in June

France's TotalEnergies injects further $1.5 bn into Qatar gas

Agence France-Presse

Lebanese men look towards the sea near the Arida border crossing with Syria

Lebanon migrant ship death toll rises to 94

Agence France-Presse

Iranian Kurdish men working in neighbouring Iraq's northern Kurdistan region: the two areas have close ties

Amid protests, Iranians in Iraq tell of repression at home

Agence France-Presse

A woman holds up a picture of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian woman who died while in Iranian police custody, at a solidarity demonstration in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh

Iranians protest again despite fears of even bloodier crackdown

Agence France-Presse

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry participates in a panel talk at the 2018 Munich Security Conference on Feb. 17, 2018 in Munich, Germany.

Not enough to declare intentions on two state solution, says Egypt’s foreign minister

Sameh Shoukry, in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, says Egypt “will do everything possible to protect our interests” in the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia.

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran shows demonstrators gathering around a burning barricade during a protest for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran on Sept. 19, 2022.

Iran intensifies crackdown on protests amid internet outage

Videos trickled in of Iranian police opening fire on protesters, who appeared to be standing their ground despite a nationwide internet blackout.