Special to WorldTribune.com by John J. Metzler In another stunning breakthrough for Middle East peace, the Kingdom of Morocco has recognized Israel. The latest diplomatic deal was orchestrated in the waning weeks of the Trump Administration’s first term, but built upon September’s surprising Abraham Accords where three other Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2020 Morocco has announced it is joining the Trump Administration’s Abraham Accords, becoming the fourth Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel in the last four months. The Abraham Accords began over the summer with an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Bahrain and Sudan have […]
FPI / December 2, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com Fearing he is the “next in line” following the killing of the top Iranian nuclear scientist, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah has increased security measures around him, a report said. Iran has accused Israel of directing the death of senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, calling the incident an act […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 8, 2020 Iran, which received boatloads of cash from the United States when Joe Biden was vice president in the Obama administration, went into celebration mode on Saturday when the U.S. corporate media declared Biden the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election. U.S. intelligence officials have said that much of […]
FPI / October 28, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com Amid a flurry of activity in which U.S. President Donald Trump has brokered peace deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan, calculations are being made in Arab capitals regarding the normalization of ties with Israel. The leadership of Arab nations are asking if they should […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 23, 2020 President Trump’s decision to remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism helped pave the way for Sudan to reach a deal on the normalization of relations with Israel. The deal, announced by Trump on Friday, makes Sudan the third Arab country to normalize ties with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com, October 23, 2020 Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty A young Iranian woman who rode a bicycle without wearing a hijab has spurred angry protests by hard-liners in Najafabad, a conservative city in Iran’s central province of Isfahan. The unnamed woman was arrested earlier this week. Iranian authorities say her “motives” are […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2020 A new survey has found that President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan which endorses a pathway to normalized relations with Israel is widely supported by Arabs in countries that would be affected. In the Zogby Research Services poll, 7 in 10 respondents in Saudi Arabia, the United […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2020 As the Trump administration was set to move in and he was leaving office in January of 2017, then-Secretary of State John Kerry predicted doom for the Middle East. “You’d have an explosion,” Kerry told CBS News of President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to move the U.S. embassy in Israel […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 18, 2020 The importance of the Abraham Accord, in which U.S. President Donald Trump brokered the normalization of relations between Israel and Arab states Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, can’t be understated, the chief of Israel’s Mossad said. “On the security level, there is a very large message here of a […]