Rayhan Uddin

5 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin |Joe Gill

Abdul Kareem, a religious preacher in Sanaa, believes that Yemen has been on the right side of history over the past year and a half. He praised the decision of the Houthis, who rule large swathes of northwestern Yemen, including the capital, to militarily respond to Israel’s war on Gaza. “We didn’t stop the Israeli aggression, but we posed a big threat,” Abdul Kareem told Middle East Eye.

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has dismissed Sudan's case accusing the United Arab Emirates of complicity in genocide, citing a lack of jurisdiction to rule on the matter. Sudan launched a case alleging that genocide against the Masalit community in Darfur by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) would not have been possible without the support of the UAE.

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin |Sai Englert

For 15 years, Israeli troops have intercepted and seized vessels organised by activists around the world to break the siege on the Palestinian enclave Palestinians waving national flags wait aboard fishing boats at the port of Gaza City on 30 May 2010 to greet the "Freedom Flotilla" carrying tonnes of supplies (AFP/Mahmud Hams) 2 May 2025 17:17 BST ago A ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza was struck by an Israeli drone overnight - a reality all too familiar to the organisers of the...

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin |Peter Oborne

For the first time, the state of Palestine has a vice president. Hussain al-Sheikh, a key ally of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, was appointed to the role on Saturday. Abbas has long delayed deciding on a deputy. There are at least two reasons for this, Qossay Hamed, an expert on Palestinian politics and academic at Al-Quds Open University in Ramallah, told Middle East Eye.

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Rayhan Uddin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel will maintain military control over Gaza and would bar the Palestinian Authority (PA) from governing the territory. “Hamas will not be there. We’re not going to put the PA there - why replace one regime which is sworn to our destruction with another regime that is sworn to our destruction? We won’t do that,” he told a conference hosted by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) in Jerusalem.