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Tag: Red Sea

Posted inPakistan

China may send ‘duck army’ to fight locusts

by Xu Jiangshan February 28, 2020March 1, 2020

China is planning to send up to 100,000 ducks to Pakistan to help the country contain a huge plague of locusts. Locusts have erupted into plague proportions in East Africa and countries on both sides of the Red Sea – affecting Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman – due to the strong monsoon. The locust swarm spread […]

Posted inIran, Middle East

Iranian tanker drama could have been ‘inside job’

by Stephen Bryen October 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in Damascus. Photo: SANA
Posted inMiddle East, Qatar, Turkey

Bashir will survive as he firms up Sudan’s ties with Turkey, Qatar

by Dnyanesh Kamat January 30, 2019
A view of Yemen's rebel-held Red Sea port of Hodeida on November 7, 2017.  Photo: AFP / Abdo Hyder
Posted inFrance, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

In Yemen’s war, Saudis see Hodeida as Iran connection

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 27, 2018February 18, 2020
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason patrols the Red Sea with two Cyclone-class patrol craft in 2016. Photo: AFP/ US Navy
Posted inChina, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East

Israel sees risks, opportunities in Bab el-Mandeb

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim August 11, 2018February 18, 2020
The Saudi Arabian frigate HMS Al-Dammam maneuvers into position, with its helicopter circling overhead during Exercise Eager Lion in 2014. Photo: US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse A. Hyatt/Wikipedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, World

Did the Houthis sink a warship or hit an oil tanker?

by Stephen Bryen July 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Chinese soldiers are seen in front of a PLA flag at the force's base in Djibouti. Photo: PLA Daily
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Middle East, South Asia, Taiwan, World

Why PLA’s Djibouti base could be a threat to Taiwan

by Asia Times staff December 21, 2017February 18, 2020
A female soldier is seen at the PLA's base in Djibouti. Photo: PLA Daily
Posted inBeijing, China, France, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Ship calls and a shooting drill: busy first 100 days for PLA’s first overseas base

by Frank Chen November 10, 2017February 18, 2020
A Saudi Arabian woman in hijab breathes deeply at a local beach. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, World

Sharia-free vacation plans for Saudi Arabia

by Mustafa Salama August 13, 2017February 18, 2020

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