Nearly 20 million facing severe food insecurity in Afghanistan: UN report

At the same time last year, the number of food insecure Afghans was 9.5 million

Yemen facing worst food crisis in four years

The number of people who suffer from severe food insecurity in Yemen is expected to rise to 19 million by the end of the year

Yemen’s Ansarallah launches ‘food missiles’ to help starving people in Hodeidah: Report

Between eight to ten rockets containing food are launched into the city of Al-Durayhimi on a daily basis, amounting to 2,500 rockets since 2018

UN leader warns of looming global food shortages

West Asia has been hardest hit by the fallout of western sanctions imposed on Russia, with Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan all facing severe food shortages

Rights group sounds alarm over unprecedented food crisis in West Asia

The conflict in Ukraine and western sanctions on Russia have exacerbated a global supply crisis that was set off by the COVID-19 pandemic

Qatari PM holds secret talks with ‘reclusive’ Taliban chief: Report

This was reportedly the Taliban supreme leader’s first meeting with a foreign official

Afghanistan seeks boost in energy ties with Russia

In September 2022, Afghanistan signed its first major international agreement to import Russian fuel and wheat

Over 4.5 million people killed in post 9/11 wars: Report

A blank-check legislation signed into law in 2001 has allowed the Pentagon to launch more than 40 military interventions in at least 22 countries without congressional approval

Sudan: The new geopolitical battlefield between east and west?

The potential outbreak of a civil war sparked by a factional fight within Sudan's military government poses a destabilization threat beyond the nation's borders – into Africa, West Asia, and the emerging multipolar order. This suits the west just fine.

Chinese company proposes $10bn investment in Afghan lithium reserves

Identified as Gochin, the company seeks to help build infrastructure and mine the national lithium reserves

Iran, Russia, China, Pakistan FMs hold meeting on Afghanistan

The four ministers discussed a wide range of topics, including Afghanistan’s severe economic crisis and ways to alleviate it

Over 49,000 Yemeni civilians killed, injured in 8 years of war: Ansarallah

Hundreds of thousands of people died indirectly by the war and economic embargo imposed on Yemen by the US-Saudi-led coalition

Syria under the American whip: Sanctions that kill

The western sanctions weapon is not new to Syria, but since 2019 it has become a lethal one, destroying entire Syrian sectors and killing its people.

Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq to sign MoU on agricultural cooperation

Qatna says the four Arab states could serve as a 'nucleus' for expanding Arab cooperation with the international community

Taliban government fully implements Sharia law

Sharia law includes severe punishments including mutilation and execution for crimes such as theft, apostasy, adultery, and sedition

Afghanistan living world’s most severe hunger crisis: UN

Over half of Afghanistan's population are facing starvation after western powers blocked Afghanistan from receiving that funded 70 percent of the government budget

Violence and an economic crisis threatens Syria, UN warns

The water scarcity has also impacted crops with the lowest wheat harvest since the war began as well as the livelihoods of farmers under threat

Syria’s grain harvest decimated by US-sponsored war, climate change: FAO

Western sanctions and rampant security issues related to the presence of foreign occupation troops have slashed Syria's grain output significantly

US army and Syrian proxies training to ‘defeat ISIS’ in oil rich region

The US and its 'international coalition' forces have used hundreds of trucks to ship Syria's stolen oil to US bases and its allies in Iraq

US sets up new military base in Syria

While Syria struggles through a severe energy shortage, US occupation forces steal over 80 percent of the nation's oil each day

Saudi-led coalition siege leaves Yemen hospitals on the brink

More than 2.5 million people in Sanaa face crippling energy shortages due to the confiscation of fuel shipments by the Saudi-led coalition

USAID earmarks $29.5mln for Lebanon to counter aid offers from Iran and Russia

The donation from Washington comes at a time when both Moscow and Tehran are awaiting a response from Lebanese officials to provide the country with grain and fuel

Afghanistan requests import of oil and wheat from Russia

Afghanistan is looking to boost its trade ties with Moscow after years of not doing so under the former US-backed administration

Turkish social media campaign seeks to prohibit Syrian dual citizens from voting

Turkish social media users have launched a highly discriminatory campaign against the voting rights of Turkish citizens from Syrian ethnic backgrounds

Washington denies vast majority of Afghan asylum requests

Over 13,000 Afghan babies have died since the start of 2022 as a direct result of the economic blockade imposed by the White House

Lebanon extends credit line for wheat at last minute to avert crisis

The release of funds comes days after the bread-making industry announced there was no wheat left in storage and their factories had stopped producing bread

Lebanon’s wheat reserves empty due to manufactured crisis

A multitude of avoidable circumstances have led to the lack of wheat supplies in Lebanon, forcing bakers to shut down operations

Turkey, Jordan look to ease path for voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees

Turkey and Jordan propose return of Syrian refugees to Syria, despite Russian and Syrian claims that the US intentionally blocks return of refugees as a political tool

Syrian refugees: stuck in limbo or political pawns?

Caught between political divisions in Lebanon, the strategic interests of the US and its allies, and unexpected economic incentives, many Syrian refugees who would like to return home are stuck in limbo

Ukraine’s revenge on the West 

As the balance of power shifts again in Ukraine, its reverberations will impact the very unity of the EU project