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What Is behind Spain’s Changing Position on Western Sahara?

Sánchez explained to the Spanish Congress of Deputies that the serious crisis with Spain’s southern neighbor, which started after Madrid allowed Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front independence movement, to be treated in Spain after contracting COVID19, was "untenable," But other authoritative voices, such as that of Miquel Iceta, Minister of Culture and a close friend of Sánchez, have exposed another version of this reversal.

How the Ukraine War Impacts Food Security in MENA

Read: The GCC States’ Russian Dilemma Food insecurity in the MENA region is a growing challenge Even before the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID19 pandemic, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that over 55 million of the 415 million MENA population was undernourished.