by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East
London, Sydney- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attacked on Wednesday the United Nations resolution that denounced Israeli settlement on occupied Palestinian territories, as he welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu on his first official visit to the country. The two...
by Mounir al-Mawri, Jordan Daqamsah | Dec 24, 2016 | Middle East
Washington, New York – The U.N. Security Council has voted in favor of a resolution demanding the halt of settlement activity by Israel on occupied Palestinian territory with the U.S. notably abstaining from voting. The resolution was put forward at the 15-member...
by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut, New York – Russia’s actions at the U.N. Security Council on Sunday – by not only vetoing a French draft resolution but also presenting its own rival plan – showed that Moscow seems determined to monopolize the fate of Aleppo. Russia’s...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 6, 2016 | Middle East
Moscow, Beirut – China and Russia vetoed on Monday a U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by Spain, Egypt and New Zealand demanding a seven-day truce in Aleppo, Syria. Russia said it blocked the resolution that would allow rebels to regroup, saying time was...
by Youssef Diab and Fath al-Rahman Youssef | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East
Riyadh, Ankara- Saudi Arabia leads U.N. efforts to save the eastern parts of Aleppo, which have been fiercely pounded by regime forces and its allies backed by Russian warplanes. Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, Abdallah al-Mouallimi...
