Emmanuel Macron said during a joint press conference in Paris today (October 24) that he would not lecture Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on human rights. Citing the examples of Iraq and Libya the...
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Tillerson Tries to Limit Iran Influence in Iraq
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has attended a rare joint meeting between leaders of Iraq and Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. The purpose was to coordinate the funding and rebuilding of Iraqi territory recaptured...
US Seeks Arab Help in Effort to Isolate Iran
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite...
Tillerson Starts Diplomatic Mission in Riyadh
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has landed in Saudi Arabia to begin a diplomatic mission in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe focused on conflicts in Iraq and Syria and blunting Iranian influence...
Iraqi, Kurdish Forces in Standoff Over Kurdish Independence
Iraqi army and Kurdish troops are in a standoff in Kirkuk, a city located in the Kurdistan region, which voted for independence from Iraq last month. Kirkuk holds 10 percent of Iraq’s oil reserves....
