(2023-05-25). Yemen Faces Financial Hurdles Due to Houthi Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that Yemen is facing financing difficulties following a drop in public revenues caused by Houthi attacks on oil export ports. | RELATED: | The Houthi attacks have caused an estimated US$1 billion in losses, preventing the government from meeting its responsibilities, including improving public services and paying wages across the war-torn country. | To address the challeng…
(2023-05-25). Arab Summit: Will Assad seize the opportunity to achieve peace in Syria? unitedworldint.com The most prominent event that overshadowed the 32nd Arab Summit, hosted by the Saudi city of Jeddah, was the presence of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad after his country's membership in the Arab League having been frozen for a period of 12 years. Syria's membership in the Arab League was suspended during the Arab Spring, which …
(2023-05-24). The Limits of Saudi Normalization With Israel. scheerpost.com 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The premise for this entry of the Saudis into the Abraham Accords is that it would seek …
(2023-05-24). Clown Prince Zelensky's Saudi And Japanese Slime Trail. strategic-culture.org The way forward for Japan, as well as Taiwan and Korea, is to emulate Saudi Arabia and to tiptoe away as gingerly as they can from their American lords and masters. |
(2023-05-24). Steering the Titanic into the Iceberg. dissidentvoice.org Patty Chayefsky's film Network, an acid-laced spoof of capitalist media, reaches its climax when Chairman Arthur Jensen, leader of the fictional mega-corporation CAA, thunders his disapproval to the crazed but wildly popular anchorman, Howard Beale. Encouraging his viewers to protest CAA's unpatriotic merger deal with Saudi Arabian capitalists, Jensen accuses Beal of having "meddled with …
(2023-05-24). Saudi Arabia and Canada to restore full diplomatic ties. middleeasteye.net 
(2023-05-24). Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Egyptian prisoners launch collective hunger strike | Meanwhile, Qatar is set to boost investments in Egypt while Saudi Arabia tops regional box office revenues | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 13: 53 | A media tour of the Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in Badr City, 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, on 16 January 2022 (AFP)
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(2023-05-24). China 'not in US ballgame' in Middle East, top official says. middleeasteye.net 
China 'not in US ballgame' in Middle East, top official says | US downplays Beijing's efforts to expand geopolitical clout | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 18: 02 | Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang during meeting in Beijing, on 6 April 2023 (Reuters) | The US is in "a different ball game" in the Mid…