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Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society was dissolved by a Bahraini administrative court in Manama on Sunday arguing that the organization prejudices the “respect for the rule of law and foundations of citizenship based on coexistence, tolerance and respect for the other; Read more
A draft circulated by European Union member states at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee gathering in Istanbul has angered Tel Aviv as it likened it to a Palestinian-Jordanian draft tabled last week that sidelined the connections of Jews to the Temple Read more
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus warned that the Syrian war “will result in proxy wars in the Middle East via Syria” if not solved and that “those who are behind the proxy war in Syria” would be dealing with Read more
U.N Secretary General’s special envoy for Libya, Martin Kobler, acknowledged that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) lacks “national legitimacy” and “there is political stalemate, and the security is not good, and there are grave humanitarian problems in the Read more
The Egyptian national carrier announced Wednesday acquisition of nine Boeing planes in an attempt to beef up its fleet at a time the airline is challenged by aviation incidents. The deal, worth $864 million, is mostly sponsored by the United Read more
President Hassan Rouhani signaled in a televised speech that Iran still has the capability to revive its nuclear program if other parties fail to uphold their part of the deal, signed last year on July 14. Even though the nuclear Read more
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) on Tuesday moved from the naval base in Tripoli to the official government building. “Today we were handed the government headquarters,” Deputy Prime Minister Musa Koni told reporters at a press conference. But Read more
As the Iraqi army prepares to go on the offensive in Mosul against the Islamic State, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that 560 additional troops will be deployed in the country to help local forces capture the extremist Read more
Turkey Monday said it has not undertaken any step to normalize tensed ties with Cairo at the time it seeks to thaw ties with Israel and Russia. “No official or unofficial step has been taken on the normalization of the Read more
NATO has revealed plans to increase its operations in the Mediterranean Sea especially along the Libyan coast. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the end of the organization summit in Warsaw, Poland, operation Active Endeavour meant to protect ships Read more