Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has reportedly said dissatisfaction with EU policies represents an opportunity for conservatives throughout the bloc Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the immediate future is bleak for the European Union due to the way the Ukraine conflict is unfolding. He made the comments during a Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary faction conference behind closed doors on Wednesday, according to media reports. Orban, who is a prominent critic of the bloc’s policies and has opposed its funding of Kiev’s conflict against Russia, predicted a major victory for conservative parties in the European Parliament elections in June. ”The war will…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on the international community to take a more active role toward an urgent ceasefire in Gaza and a two-state solution to the conflict during talks at the G20 meeting in Brazil, a Turkish diplomatic source said.Turkiye, which has harshly criticized Israel for its attacks on Gaza and backed measures to have it tried for genocide at the World Court, has repeatedly called for a ceasefire.Unlike its Western allies and some Gulf nations, NATO member Turkiye does not view Hamas, the Palestinian militant group which runs Gaza and on Oct. 7 carried out an attack…

Syria strongly condemned the arbitrary and shameful use of veto by the United States of America at the Security Council against a draft resolution submitted by Algeria to stop the aggression against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “The United Nations Security Council witnessed yesterday another dark chapter after the US vetoed a resolution on halting aggression on Gaza for the 4th time .” Foreign and Expatraites Ministry said in a statement. Following 138 days of aggression that murdered 29 thousand Palestinians at the hands of Israeli occupation, the US persists not to vote pretending that the time is not…

Egypt’s leaders have warned that the UN Security Council’s repeated failure to adopt a peace resolution and ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was setting “a shameful precedent” for the body. The condemnation from Cairo came after the US’ third veto of a Security Council draft resolution — proposed by Algeria on behalf of the Arab Group — demanding an immediate end to fighting. The resolution was backed by 13 out of the 15 members. But the US vetoed it, while the UK abstained. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that obstructing the passage of a resolution “calling for…

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Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political comentator Valentine’s Day in the Arab world is called, Eid al Hob, translated into ‘Love Holiday’. When Former Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, returned to Beirut recently, his followers clearly showed their love of him in the hundreds as he prayed at his father’s grave on February 14. Hariri’s father, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was assassinated on February 14, 2005 in Beirut. Hairi founded the Future Movement party in 2007, and served as Prime Minister from November 9, 2009 to June 13, 2011. After three years abroad, he returned to Lebanon on August 8, 2014…