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The United Arab Emirates, UAE, on Monday expressed its opposition to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s decision to appoint former Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum as UN envoy to Libya, Libya Observer reports, citing diplomatic sources. The Gulf country, the sources Read more
The European Commission has included Qatar among countries whose citizens are exempt from the Schengen visa, Peninsula Qatar reports. The move came Wednesday. The commission also confirmed its submission of this proposal to the European Parliament and Council for approval. Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan revealed Monday the kingdom’s plan to mediate between Russia and Ukraine caught in a conflict after Russian President launched last month a military invasion to denazify the former soviet country. Read more
The US State Department has approved Kuwait’s request for US design and construction expertise for its Defense ministry complex valued at $1 billion, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), MEMO notes, indicated in a press Read more
In a phone call, on Thursday, to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed that NATO’s expansion was a “serious threat” to the region’s security and stability, according to the semi-official Nour News. “NATO’s expansion eastward creates tension Read more
US President Joe Biden Monday announced he plans to grant the status of major non-NATO ally in the Middle East to Qatar, as he met with the ruler of the gas-rich country, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The Qatari Read more
The UAE has asked Italy to withdraw its military jets and forces from a military base in the Gulf country by July 2, an Italian source told Reuters, in an apparent reaction to the European country’s opposition to a missile Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Thursday told a cabinet session that the North African country will play an important role in the reconstruction of its eastern neighbor ravaged by several years of internal fighting sponsored by foreign countries. Speaking at Read more
A number of rocket attacks hit a military base hosting NATO forces in Iraq, a few days after the alliance said it would send more 3,500 boots to the country in view of increasing the fight against the Islamic state Read more
Defense ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, agreed to send 3,500 soldiers to Iraq to help thwart the return of the Islamist state group (ISIS), reports say. The decision, reports Anadolu news agency, came on the second Read more