Brussels 01.04.2024 UPDATE 18:52 *Iranian media also reported that the strikes in Damascus completely destroyed the annex building, and that the ambassador was unharmed. **AFP correspondents at the site confirmed the building next to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus. Today Israeli warplanes struck the Iranian consulate in…
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EU diplomats discuss Middle East
Brussels 22.01.2024 The Foreign Affairs Council uniting the EU Ministers of foreign affairs will hold an exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East. The Council discussion will be informed by separate informal exchanges with: the Israeli Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz in the morning, the Secretary-General of the League of…
EP president Metsola ahead of EU Summit
Strasbourg 14.12.2023 Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, called on Europe to show leadership on enlargement, support to Ukraine and EU´s long-term budget at the European Council. Addressing the December European Council in Brussels, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola raised e.g. the following topics in her speech: “We find ourselves at the threshold of…
EU: Israel exposes Hamas terrorists crimes
Brussels 06.11.2023 Anna Van Densky The members of the Brussels press corps have participated in the screening of the assembled fragments of the video and photo evidence of the Hamas terrorists’ crimes on October 7. The event took place in the Israel Embassy in Belgium in presence of two Ambassadors, who answered questions of journalists….
EU Media envoy to Middle east
Brussels 26.01.2021 The EU’s first Arabic speaking regional media officer for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) takes office today. Luis Miguel Bueno, an Arabic speaking European diplomat, will be based in Beirut, Lebanon. His role will be to communicate EU priorities, policies, positions and projects, which are of interest to the MENA region,…
Art traffic arrests in Paris
French police special unit have arrested five art experts this week as part of an investigation into trafficking of looted antiquities from the Middle East. According to Art Newspaper legal source, those arrested include a retired curator from the Musée du Louvre in Paris and an employee of the prominent Pierre Bergé & Associés auction…
Borrell-Pompeo transatlantic dialogue
“Today we have had an important Foreign Affairs Council with a video conference with the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo. “The main point of the agenda was this: transatlantic relations. “We engaged in a strategic dialogue with Mike Pompeo on our relations and on the key foreign policy issues both for…
New Oman Sultan promotes peace
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Middle-East’s longest-serving monarch, has died at the age of 79 after long illness. His death was announced by the state Oman News Agency via its official Twitter account. The royal court in the country declared three days of mourning. #SultanQaboos bin Said Al Said of #Oman, the Arab world's…
EU focus on counter-terrorism in Iraq
The Minister of foreign affairs discussed the latest developments in Iraq. The diplomats have been assessing the consequences of the recent escalation of tension and major security incidents in Iraq and its impact on the entire the region. They also considered the impact of these developments on the international coalition engaged in the fight against…
NATO suspends training in Iraq
NATO Ambassadors met on 6 January 2019 in Brussels headquaters to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. “…Allies expressed their strong support for the fight against ISIS and for the NATO mission in Iraq. In everything that we do, the safety of our personnel is paramount….
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