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The leader of terror organisation Isis Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has been reportedly wounded in an air strike carried out last march by the US-led Coalition in western Iraq. According to an Iraqi source close to the Islamist militant groups, Al-Baghdadi Read more
Beirut’s fight against extremism has received a material boost after the arrival of the first consignment of the Saudi-funded weapons in the country. The weapons are from France and their Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was present during the handing Read more
“After a period of silence by the other side, one of its officials has once again talked of options on the table,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, alluding to remarks made by the Chairman of the US Joint Read more
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi has made a defiant speech against the Saudi-led military operation vowing that they will continue to fight although some tribal and military groups have defected to President Hadi’s camp. In his first public statement since the airstrike campaign Read more
Fighters of Al Qaeda in Yemen have taken control of the city of Mukalla, the capital of the southeast province of Hadramawt, including its airport, as the military unit which was in charge of security at the facility withdrew without Read more
Militants on the Islamic State have taken over three eastern villages on the outskirts of Ramadi prompting the population in nearby areas to flee. There is a military base west of Ramadi where Iraqi soldiers are being trained by hundreds Read more
As fighting escalates in Yemen with the possibility of ground operations looming nearer, a spokesman for UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced on Wednesday that special envoy Jamal Benomar “expressed an interest in moving on to another assignment.” Reasons for his Read more
Hezbollah and the Future Movement have met to calm the tension between them due to their diverging views over the Yemeni conflict and the intervention of the Saudi-led military operation. Hezbollah has been criticizing Riyadh for its position in the Read more
President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of conniving with Israel as they secretly discuss what the Palestinian Authorities call “a project of state in temporary borders” within the Gaza Strip despite Palestinians vowing to agree only to a deal that includes the Read more
The International General Insurance Co. Ltd. or IGI, a world leading company in the reinsurance market, has been granted the Casablanca Finance City Status which allows it to use the Moroccan financial centre as a regional base for its activities Read more