Middle East and North Africa

Egyptian Court Halts Transfer of Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia (January 16, 2016)

Author: 
Eric A. Heath

On January 16, 2017, the High Administrative Court of Egypt blocked the transfer of two uninhabited Egyptian islands in the Red Sea, Tiran and Sanafir, to Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Congress Votes to Extend Sanctions on Iran for Ten Years (December 1, 2016)

Author: 
Eric A. Heath

On December 1, 2016, the U.S.

UNSC Condemns the Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and Renews the Mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (October 31, 2016)

Author: 
Eric A. Heath

On October 31, 2016, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2314 condemning the use

UN Security Council Issues Resolution on Migrant Smuggling off the Coast of Libya (October 6, 2016)

Author: 
Eric A. Heath

On October 6, 2016, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2312  in response to “the

UN Secretary-General and OPCW Issue Joint Report on Uses of Chemical Weapons in Syria (August 24, 2016)

Author: 
Douglas Cantwell

On August 24, 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) submitted their third

Israel and Turkey Agree to Resume Full Diplomatic Relations, Ending Six-year Rift (June 27, 2016)

Author: 
Aldo Perez

On June 27, 2016, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that

UN Human Rights Commission of Inquiry Concludes ISIS is Committing Genocide Against Yazidis (June 16, 2016)

Author: 
Aldo Perez

UN Security Council Condemns Islamic State Attacks in Syria (May 24, 2016)

Author: 
Aldo Perez

On May 24, 2016, the United Nations Security Council condemned the May 23 terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous.

UN Committee Against Torture Concludes Israel Used Excessive Force (May 13, 2016)

Author: 
Saiena Shafiezadeh

On May 13, 2016, The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) released