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The renewed Iraqi parliament held Sunday its first session in the capital Baghdad, almost three months after legislative polls. The parliament, Anadolu news agency reported citing Iraqi state-run news agency INA, is due to elect a speaker and two deputies Read more
The turnout rate at the elections held in Morocco, this Wednesday September 8 reached 50.18 %, according to Ministry of Interior. The record turnout in these elections which brought for the first time together legislative, regional and local elections, was Read more
Qataris will go to polls for the first time to elect members of the advisory Shura Council endowed with legislative authority on October 02, following a decision by the country’s ruler Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani. Voters will elect 30 Read more
Rasha Safwat, wife of colonel Ahmed Konsowa arrested in 2017 after announcing his plans to run for presidency, has called on President Abdelfattah al-Sisi to release her husband, reports say. Konsowa, 45, was detained and was charged with expressing political Read more
A group of prominent figures in the Egyptian opposition Sunday called on the nation to stay away from March presidential election arguing that the process has lost credibility after potential challengers to AbdelFattah al-Sisi backed out. The opposition figures in Read more
Hamas has reacted to a statement released by Fatah’s revolutionary council stating that it could pursue other means to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The statement was considered to be contrary to the peaceful efforts by the two groups Read more
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the peace and stability of Lebanon are threatened by the Lebanese factions participating in foreign wars in the Middle East. In a report to the Security Council on the implementation of UN Read more
The conservative Saudi kingdom is witnessing a historic human rights advance as the kingdom allowed women to register as voters and candidates for the coming December municipal elections. Until 2011 women were banned from voting. The change came when the Read more
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah renewed his organization’s alliance with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun and urged the FPM and the al-Mustaqbal movement to find a solution to their differences in a “serious dialogue.” Addressing the political situation Read more
Syria has announced 3rd June for presidential elections despite the ongoing civil war in the country. The Speaker of the Parliament, Mohammed al-Lahham made the announcement in parliament during a special session of the People’s Assembly in Damascus on Monday Read more