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Concerns have begun to rise about the successor of Sultan Qaboos after his long absence from the public since July. He is undergoing medical treatment and only spoke once on television. After that, he had been shown only once meeting Read more
The 27th anniversary celebration of Hamas didn’t go unnoticed as around 2,000 armed militants marched through the streets of Gaza. The celebrations featured the presentation of weapons including a drone as well as the renewal of its determination to end Read more
The Deputy UN envoy to Syria, Ramzi Ezzedine Ramzi, will be holding several meetings this week with authorities in Damascus as part of efforts to end the war in the country. The fighting in Syria is between the government, the Read more
King Abdallah Bin Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia has donated $35 million to help Western African countries fight the deadly Ebola virus which has killed so far over 6,000 people in these African impoverished countries. The Saudi grant will be used Read more
Negotiations between Iran and five permanent members of the U.N Security Council plus Germany will begin once again in Geneva next week with the hope that a deal will be reached before the 1 July 2015 deadline. Progress was made Read more
Cooperation between Turkey and Russia for the construction of the first nuclear power plant is ongoing and work on the Akkuyu site in Turkey’s Mersin Province is expected to start early next year. Discussions are also being held for the construction Read more
The death of Palestinian Minister, Ziad Abu Ein, at a protest march has generated international outrage. Around 300 Palestinians were trying to plant olive trees in the village of Turmusayyain, in the West Bank; an area Israel also intends to Read more
The oil-rich Gulf country of Qatar will be the first in the region to have an “Air and Missile Defense Operation Center” (ADOC) being built by the US defense and security company Raytheon. The operations command center, to cost Qatar Read more
“It seems counterintuitive, but the only way you’re going to keep Iraq together is to give up power from Baghdad,” Kurdistan regional Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani said during an interview at the Kurdish diplomatic mission in Washington with The Read more
The annual summit of member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has started in Qatar. The meeting promises to be fruitful after the announcement of the formation of a regional police force that will be based in Abu Dhabi. Read more