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The US has admitted to having established a base in Iraq after the site came under attack for the second time on Monday by militants of the Islamic State group. The first attack took place three days earlier. Iran-backed Asaib Read more
Qatar’s ministry of energy and industry said the meeting between OPEC members and oil producing non-OPEC countries to be held in April is aimed at reaching “an agreement among producers on freezing their crude output at January levels in order Read more
The Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to devaluate the Egyptian pound by 14.4% against the US dollar was welcomed by credit rating agency, Fitch, as “credit positive” but added that “insecurity” and “political uncertainty” call for more measures as foreign Read more
Positive developments could be made in the Yemeni war after UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced a meeting of the warring parties will be held in Kuwait by the end of the month. He said the Read more
Saudi Arabia will be providing financial assistance to Egypt part of its $8 billion investment pledge that was made by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz at the end of last year to help save the North African country’s struggling economy. Read more
Turkey’s Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the bomb attack in Istanbul’s central Istiklal Avenue that left three Israelis, two of whom had American citizenship, and an Iranian dead was carried out by Mehmet Ozturk whom it linked to ISIS. The Read more
The war in Iraq against the Islamic State could be taking a new turn after the death of a US marine in a rocket attack by the extremist group on a small outpost near Mahmour, South of Mosul, and the Read more
US Vice-President Joe Biden Sunday lashed out at both Palestinians and Israelis for not showing goodwill to end several decades of contention and adopt a two-state solution as Israel continues settlements and Palestinians pursue anti-Israel campaigns around the world. “There Read more
The Syrian war clocked five years this week and peaceful efforts to end it are going at a snail’s pace in the latest round of peace talks in Geneva. Negotiations are still being held indirectly and both sides still have Read more
A passenger jet belonging to a Dubai-based airline crashed early Saturday in Rostov region with 62 passengers on board. The jet, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Flydubai crashed while trying to land at Rostov-on-Don airport, 950 kilometers south of Moscow. Read more