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Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement for the three-year $12 billion loan needed by Cairo to support its reform program. The head of the IMF delegation Chris Jarvis said the country has a “great potential Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has hinted that an agreement “to stabilize the market” could be reached at next month’s International Energy Forum. The ministerial meeting to be held on the sidelines of the Forum presents “an opportunity for Read more
Russian authorities have confirmed that six Tupolev warplanes bombarded targets near Raqqa, destroying weapons storage facility, a chemical weapons factory and a training camp used by the IS. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the airstrikes caused “significant material damages” Read more
The United States has raised concerns over the demolition of Susiya village, southern Hebron, by Israel as a decision is expected the latest on Monday from Defense minister Avigdor Lieberman’s office. The US Consul General in Jerusalem stated, during a Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister and the Egyptian parliament, leaned towards President al-Sisi, have criticized the United Kingdom’s readiness to grant asylum to members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood if they are able to prove that their lives are at risk. Foreign Read more
Libyan forces aligned with the UN-backed unity government Wednesday took over the Islamic State group’s command center in Sirte and several other strategic locations. After four months of fierce combat, the Misrata forces fighting under the banner of the Government Read more
Egyptian police officers have been barred from speaking to the media on issues regarding their work without a written approval from the Ministry of the Interior. The restrictions preventing the police from providing information to the media were approved by Read more
Israel on Tuesday indicted a 38-year old Palestinian engineer, Waheed Burish, working with the UNDP in the Gaza Strip, and accused him of providing “material assistance” to Hamas, just days after it charged the Gaza manager of international charity World Read more
After 16 years of budget surplus dating back to the end of the 1999 fiscal year, Kuwait has announced that it registered its first budget deficit in 2016. Finance Minister Anas al-Saleh had informed the parliament last month that they Read more
Head of Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) Sunday called on Libyan National Army (LNA) and militia, Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) to avoid confrontation at Zueitina oil terminal as reports of clashes between the two camps emerge. The LNA had protested Read more