Casualties: 30,960+ killed* and at least 72,524 wounded in the Gaza Strip. 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem** Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147. 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.*** *Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed this figure […]
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‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 155: Deadly aid drop and obstacles to a maritime corridor expose farcical humanitarian response to Gaza famine
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 154: Biden’s maritime aid corridor to Gaza slammed as ‘unrealistic’
Casualties: 30,878+ killed* and at least 72,402 wounded in the Gaza Strip. 424+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147. 587 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.* Key Developments: Israeli bombardments kill at least […]
India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: Expert gives 3 reasons for Turkiye inclusion
Including Turkiye in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) will have more benefits than risks, especially in the backdrop of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to an international relations expert. The three main reasons are logistical and economic factors, in addition to ease in commerce, all of which could make the country a […]
What’s the True Potential of The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor?
September 15, 2023 By Darko Lazar One of the biggest announcements to come out of the G20 summit in New Delhi was the launch of an ambitious plan to build an economic corridor linking Europe with the Middle East and India via rail and sea. A 325-word Memorandum of Understanding inked by India, Saudi Arabia, […]
Egypt on the Economic Corridor: No alternative for Suez Canal
Sep 12, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen By Al Mayadeen English Former Suez Canal Authority Head asserts that there is no substitute for the Suez Canal in maritime transport, in response to the announcement of the Economic Corridor project by the United States, India, and Saudi Arabia. General Mohab Mamish, former adviser to the President and […]
US, EU back corridor stretching from India to Europe via Middle East
The United States and European Union have backed the establishment of a new landmark transport route linking India to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, in an apparent Western attempt to counter China’s global ambitions. On the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi today, a memorandum of understanding was agreed to establish ship […]
Saudi Arabia and US sign MOU for intercontinental green corridor
Saudi Arabia and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a protocol that aims to build an intercontinental green corridor, Saudi state media reported on Saturday, Reuters reports. The transit corridor, which would connect Asia and Europe through Saudi Arabia by railway, aims to facilitate the transfer of renewable electricity and […]
World Food Program, Egypt launch humanitarian corridor to conflict-ridden Sudan
The World Food Program (WFP) and Egypt, on Tuesday, launched a safe humanitarian corridor to support thousands of Sudanese trapped by the conflict that has been raging in the country for more than two months, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, WFP said the humanitarian corridor was opened between Aswan in southern Egypt and Wadi […]
New trade corridor connecting Iran and Europe
19 Dec 2021 Net Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen The Iranian ambassador to Baku says a new trade corridor will be activated this week linking Iran and Europe via Azerbaijan. The new corridor comes after the revival of the ECO and the INSTC corridor Iran’s ambassador to Baku, Abbas Mousavi, announced Saturday that the new […]
US Fingerprints on Terrorism Aimed At China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
In April a terrorist bombing targeted a hotel in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province hosting China’s ambassador to Pakistan, Nong Rong. Ambassador Nong Rong was not at the hotel at the time of the bombing, but the attack still ended up killing 4 and wounding several more. In July an explosion targeted a bus carrying Chinese […]
Belt & Road: The China-Laos-Thailand Corridor
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reaches out in all directions, across Central Asia into Europe, up into Russia, through the seas and oceans of Asia, out to Africa and of course, deep into Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asian leg of BRI consists primarily of a now-under-construction high-speed rail (HSR) line connecting China’s Yunnan Province […]
US-UK airlines call for travel corridor over high vaccination rates
Airlines offering passenger services between the UK and US are calling for the two countries to open up a travel corridor, citing the fast COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. In a joint statement, the CEOs of all six airlines offering UK-US passenger services as well as Heathrow Airport argued reopening transatlantic travel “will be essential to igniting […]
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Holds the Keys to Successful Development of the Entire Region
On May 23, 2021, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Imran Khan stated that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will have a positive impact not only on Pakistan’s economic growth, but also on how the entire South Asian region develops. Imran Khan praised the speed of the work done on creating special economic […]
Israel, Britain mull ‘green travel corridor’ after COVID vaccine success
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Pakistan fruit cargo opens corridor to Russia via Iran
Press TV- Iran says it has transited a major consignment of tangerines from Pakistan to Kazakhstan in an initiative that could open a new corridor for shipment of food items from Southeast Asia to markets as far as Russia. Iran’s IRNA news agency reported that the consignment that comprised 350 tonnes of tangerines had arrived […]
The Baku Tblisi Kars (KTK) Railway Is Turkey’s Silk Road Corridor To Central Asia
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North-South transport corridor to benefit Iran’s tourism industry
August 23, The Iran Project – An Iranian financial expert says the International North-South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) would help in promoting Iran’s tourism sector, as it can facilitate tourists’ inflow to the country. Referring to the new opportunities that would be created by the corridor, Mehrdad Seyed Asgari, a Norway-based Iranian commentator stated that Iran has launched several projects […]
U.S. Heroin Trade Rooted in Mexico’s ‘Corridor of Death’
Drug gangs and graft conspire to turn one Mexican state into a violent and dominant force in the drugs trade A lethal combination of corruption and criminal gangs fighting for control of a booming heroin trade has turned one two-lane road in Mexico’s Guerrero state into what many call “the corridor of death.” The road […]