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A court in Egypt on Tuesday nullified the government’s decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had announced in April, during a visit by King Salman, that Tiran and Sanafir islands would Read more
Morocco and Rwanda are ushering in this week a new era of cooperation and partnership, translating thus the two Heads of State’s shared political will to consolidate bilateral ties. This is taking place on the occasion of the official two-day Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Sunday gave the green light for the allocation of further $18 million to expand the controversial settlements in the West bank, days after Tel Aviv attack. The decision comes as the cabinet already allocated $88 million for Read more
The Kuwaiti cabinet expressed Sunday at its weekly meeting “full support for all measures taken by Bahrain aimed at combating extremism and terrorism in all their forms and manifestations.” Bahrain announced last week a number of strict measures in its Read more
Iran announced that it had foiled bomb attacksin Tehran and several other cities and that the attacks were planned by members of the Islamic State group. “A series of bombings had been planned in several places of the country in Read more
Turkish police this week said it has arrested in Istanbul a businessman who was trying to sell a dagger looted from the palace of former Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. According to local media, the man was trying to sell the Read more
Washington has underscored its desire to be a key partner in helping Saudi Arabia implement its economic reform program that it deemed “ambitious”. This came in the meeting Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier Read more
The Islamic State terror group is committing genocide against Yazidis that amounts to crimes against humanity and war crimes, a United Nations-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday. The report titled “They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis” focuses Read more
The United Arab Emirates announced that its forces have done their job in Yemen and that Yemen now needs a political solution to reach a lasting peace. The UAE military has played its part to the fullest and Yemen now Read more
Speaking at the Oslo Forum in Norway, US Secretary of State John Kerry called on the allies of President Assad to exert more pressure in order to have a durable ceasefire agreement and delivery of aid in Syria. “Russia needs Read more