Author: Sat, 2020-08-01 01:47 TAJOURA, LIBYA: Worn down by conflict, poverty and the pandemic, many Libyans are gloomy this year on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. A usually bustling annual sheep market on the outskirts of the capital Tripoli lies … read more
Sat, 2020-08-01 01:22 CAIRO: Egypt will not be dragged into a Libyan war designed to break the Egyptian army, a leading Cairo-based military strategist told Arab News. Maj. Gen. Nagy Shohood, a strategic expert and adviser at the Nasser Military … read more
Sat, 2020-08-01 01:08 KHARTOUM/CAIRO: After decades of searching for their loved ones’ remains, the families of slain Sudanese officers who attempted a coup against strongman Omar Bashir are demanding the killers be held accountable. Since the 1990 attempt, they have … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-07-31 22:37 ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Council of Higher Education has banned students studying Kurdish language and literature at Turkish universities from writing their dissertations in Kurdish. All dissertations at Kurdish language departments will now have to be written in … read more
Author: Fri, 2020-07-31 03:00 AMMAN: Jordan’s government is facing criticism from human rights groups over its handling of a teachers’ protest in the country. The global watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Jordanian Center for Human Rights condemned the … read more