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Russia has proposed to Egypt a draft agreement to allow its warplanes to use Egyptian airbases in view of bolstering its military presence in North Africa and the Middle East. Russian Premier Dimitry Medvedev has approved a draft agreement with Read more
Gaza ruler Hamas and its rival Fatah in the West Bank decided Wednesday to postpone the December 1 deadline concerning the handover of the Strip to President Mahmoud Abba-led Palestinian Authority (PA) as both groups trade accusations over the implementation Read more
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Wednesday allowed the army to use ‘brute force’ to squash militancy in the Sinai following the killing of 305 people in the restive province last Friday in an attack authorities blame on the Islamic State group Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday indicated that he would send to Saudi Crown Prince a list of terror groups and would expect Riyadh to cut their financing as pledged by the apparent heir of the Saudi throne. The Kingdom has Read more
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry Tuesday vigorously chided Israel, rejecting comments by Israeli minister of Social Equity who called for the establishment of the Palestinian state in the Sinai instead of boundaries set by the Oslo accords. Head of the department, Read more
President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of using his country as a scapegoat to cover up its defeats in the region. “Saudi Arabia was unsuccessful in Qatar, was unsuccessful in Iraq, in Syria and recently in Lebanon. In all Read more
The former head of the Saudi National Guard was freed Tuesday from detention after he agreed to pay back to authorities more than $1 billion in the anti-corruption clean-up directed by powerful Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, aka MbS, an Read more
Microsoft founder Bill Gates in an email to Bloomberg Monday dared to speak in favor of Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal whom he called an “important partner”. Alwaleed has been detained along with 200 others in a corruption clean-up drive Read more
The Kuwaiti appeal court Monday handed opposition figures, including leader Musallam al-Barrak, jail terms ranging from one to nine years for storming the National Assembly six years ago. Barrak, a former MP, just completed in April a two-year prison term Read more
Hamas Monday ruled out demands to disarm its military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, saying that the weapons will rather be moved to the West Bank to fight Israel. The Islamist movement has agreed to reconcile with rival Fatah in Read more