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The US Senate intelligence committee is expected to release a long-awaited report on the CIA’s use of controversial interrogation techniques against terror suspects after the September 11 attacks. The 480-page report is believed to contain graphic details of how the Read more
Foreign Minister Walid Moallem has hailed the Russian efforts to end the ongoing 3year old war as a delegation of Syrian dissidents, tolerated by President Bashar al-Assad, head to Moscow for talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. Government members Read more
The 13th FIKR Conference, sponsored by the Arab Thought Foundation, has called for reactivating the Arab Peace Initiative, a comprehensive peace initiative that was first proposed in 2002 but that was rejected by Israel. The Conference, held in the outskirts Read more
Iraqi forces are preparing to launch an offensive on the militants of the Islamic State (IS) as early as this winter although previous plans stated that ground attack could happen no earlier than next spring. The airstrikes carried out by Read more
North Africa security agencies are anxious and very concerned over the setting up of terror training camps in eastern Libya by the extremist religious group of the Islamic State. According to US Army General David Rodriguez, who heads US Africa Read more
France, Germany and Britain are drafting a UN Security Council resolution that seems to be softer than the one being drafted by the Palestinians and backed by the Arab League. The two resolutions differ on certain aspects. The Palestinian resolution Read more
Syrian diplomats have returned to Kuwait after leaving the country in the beginning of the year. Kuwait has stated that the move will not be reciprocal but acknowledged that the presence of the diplomats will be beneficial to the Syrians Read more
Lebanese soldiers have been ambushed in eastern Lebanon, in the remote region of Ras Baalbek, by a group of fighters. The group behind the attack continues to be unknown. A Lebanese security official who is unauthorized to talk to the Read more
The World Food Program has suspended the distribution of food and assistance to the Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt due to lack of funding. It is the first time WFP has been forced to close Read more
The head of United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO-ITPO)/ the Arab Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship and Investment Training (ARCEIT), Hashim S. Hussein, has called on investors in the Gulf countries to venture into Small Read more