This Is Beirut, 2024-05-30 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on the war between Israel and Hamas, as he addressed Arab leaders at a forum aimed at bolstering ties with the region. Xi is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and several other Arab leaders. Itself ...
2024-04-22 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Iranian tempestuous power projections in the larger Middle East, the militarization of national security, the repeated attempts at creating an international authoritarian counter-order, and the false sense of omnipotence and ubiquitousness are hardly tested with the derailment of the war objectives set after the October 7, 2023 attack in South ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-20 14:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iran's foreign minister has dismissed as akin to child's play the reported Israeli retaliation for an unprecedented Iranian strike, and said Tehran would not respond unless Iranian "interests" were targeted. On Friday, Iran's state media reported explosions were heard after, according to an official, small drones were successfully shot ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-16 20:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping ...
Rami Rayess, 2024-02-28 08:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China’s success in mediating a political solution for bridging the divide between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was perceived by some as a ‘historic’ move. They viewed this achievement as a significant shift in Chinese foreign policy towards the Middle East, given that the influential Asian nation, with its veto power as one of the ...
Maxime Pluvinet, 2024-01-12 20:29 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The recent strikes by the United States and the United Kingdom against the Houthis in Yemen have led to increased tension in the Middle East. An analysis of this regional escalation through the insights of Khalil Helou, a retired general and university professor in geopolitics, and retired General Maroun Hitti. Tensions in the Middle East ...