October 22, 2024
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A Military Defense Alliance in the Middle East with Israel the Security Guarantor

By Dr. Frank Musmar On August 3, 2021, the Israeli broadcaster, Kan, reported that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett suggested to U.S. President Joe Biden the formation of a military alliance (NATO of the Middles east) that includes Israel, the Gulf States, and Jordan to confront Iran. The report confirmed by the commission’s correspondent in Washington, […]

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Statement following the arrests in the village of Babaabé in southern Mauritania on November 28, 2021.

During the day of November 28, 2021 in the village of Babaabé, the Mauritanian police forces viciously attacked peaceful demonstrators who came to demand justice on the extrajudicial executions committed on Black Fulani soldiers in 1990, these were for the most part family members of the victims that were killed in the 1990’, who took […]

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History of Land Slavery and Forced Displacement, it is Still happening!

By Houleye Thiam Houleye Thiam, MPA, MS is president of The Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in The US. She is also president and founder of Youth and Hope, L’espoir pour La Jeunesse and Social Worker/ Organiser / Mauritanian Community Activist Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning […]

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Moroccan military acquires Israeli skylock dome weapon

Charles Nwoke, Rabat, Morocco Military in Morocco has purchased the Skylock Dome System from Israeli government to support and improve its defense capabilities against drones from their foes. The weapon, Skylock Dome System have the capacity to detect, verify, and destroy unauthorized drones. It will reportedly be used to guard the country’s critical civilian and […]

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After Israeli deal, Egypt to increase military presence in recalcitrant Sinai

Charles Nwoke, Rafah, Egypt Egyptian Army on Monday, said it was boosting its military forces around Rafah in obstreperous Sinai in the war against Islamic State terrorist group, after signing a coordination deal with neighboring Israeli government. The number of extra soldiers that would be sent is yet to be known, but this pact is […]

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Post Arab spring and the fight against Islamists in Tunisia

By Manel Msalmi From Sudan to Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, we recall the failure of the Brotherhood’s rule in  the MENA region and its incompatibility with the secular political system that the Arab and Muslim yearns to . “We are here to protect Tunisia. We have seen all the tragedies under the rule of the […]

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Iraq’s Election: A Fresh Start for the Country?

By Ahmad Al Jabbouri  Iraq is a country looking to the future. Its present is shaped by religious and ethnic divisions with more than a decade and a half of post-US invasion conflict and instability. Iraq’s complex demographic is diverse, roughly divided geographically between the Shia majority, Sunni population, and the Kurds. After the US-led […]

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Mohamed Salah Tamek (MST), back on the front lines against allegations of human rights abuses in the Kingdom of Morocco

Mohamed Salah Tamek (MST), Head of the Moroccan Prison and Reintegration department of the Kingdom of Morocco, a credible and legitimate voice deconstructs some of the allegations in the 10 senators letter sent to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.The remainder of the amalgamations and untruths of said letter will properly be answered in due […]

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The Corruption and Narcoterrorism Fueling Iran-Backed Houthi Attacks on Yemenis and Saudis

The Washington Outsider, a foreign policy and security-focused publication, organized a live event in Geneva on the sidelines of the 48th United Nations Human Rights Council Session, to highlight the factors explaining and enabling Houthis violence and fanatical hatred of the Saudis, non-Houthi Yemenis, Americans, Israelis, Jews, and anyone who deigned to criticize their methods […]

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Wesam Basindowah’s Group Takes on Houthi Violations in Marib, Group of Eminent Experts

A groundbreaking new human rights report titled “We Were Living: Fleeing from Death to Death” and launched by the Yemeni Coalition of Independent Women, headed by Wesam Basindowah an by the Washington Outsider, whose editor-in-chief Irina Tsukerman participated in the seminars on human rights in Yemen organized by the Coalition on the sidelines of the […]

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