Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled — the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome and spelled the end of its pan-Arab hopes for regional dominance. The war, which came to be known in Egypt as the Naksa, or setback in Arabic, ended with Israel occupying the … Read more
Arab leaders are set to meet in Jordan on Wednesday for their annual summit with no expected breakthrough on resolving conflicts or “terrorism” in the region. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is among 22 leaders attending the Arab League for the meeting in Sweimeh on the Dead Sea coast from 0900 GMT. UN chief Antonio Guterres … Read more
Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit urged Arab governments on Monday to do more to resolve the conflict in Syria rather than leaving it to other powers. He was speaking as Arab foreign ministers met to prepare for the Arab League’s annual summit, set for Wednesday in Jordan. “In my view it’s not right that … Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she wants to deepen defence cooperation with Gulf countries and work towards signing “an ambitious trade agreement” with them. Addressing the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) annual summit in Bahraini capital Manama on Wednesday, May said Britain wanted to “make a more permanent and more enduring commitment to … Read more
The vice-presidential nominee of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Emmanuel Anyidoho, has sounded an alarm that a violent revolution by the people of Ghana comparable to the Arab Spring looms in the country, unless Ghanaians reject the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the December polls. The Arab Spring was a revolutionary wave of demonstrations, … Read more