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The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has rejected a draft law in the U.S Congress that will consider the different armed groups fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq as different states. The Prime Minister’s office stated that Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said “no time deadline is sacrosanct” for the nuclear program talks during his address at the U.N global nuclear conference despite Tehran’s determination to meet the June 30 deadline for a final agreement. Speaking at Read more
The World Bank (WB) is planning to invest $300 million per year for the next four years in Lebanon but the political crisis in the country is stopping the bank’s board of directors from approving the decision. The newly appointed Read more
King Salman has reshuffled his cabinet for the second time with the first one dating back to last month. Compared to the first one, the King made major changes this time around signaling a shift at the top of the Read more
The report of the U.N inquiry that focused on ten incidents which took place during last year’s summer war between Hamas and Israel has been submitted but only a summary of it was released to the general public on Monday Read more
A coalition of Islamist groups led by the Nusra Front have taken over the government’s military base at Qarmeed, reducing President Assad’s control over the Idlib province to only Msaibin where it has a military base. The fall of the Read more
Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in what could be described as the most widespread combat since the Saudi-led coalition started bombarding the Houthi movement and their allies. Yemeni capital Sana’a was targeted for the Read more
Bahraini investors have set their eyes on Iraq despite the chaos in the country and its Ambassador to Iraq Salah Al Malki said the investments are in safe areas. Millions of dollars have been invested in projects and some are Read more
Togo’s incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe is poised to win the presidential elections held on Saturday and will thus run the country for another five years. Nearly 3.5 million voters went to the polls to elect their new President among the Read more
After three weeks of bombarding Houthi and pro-Saleh targets in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry announced that the military coalition that it is heading will halt its airstrike missions under Operation Decisive Storm and will begin Operation Restoring Hope which Read more