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The Mediterranean “largest ever” offshore natural gas field has been discovered within the perimeter of the Shorouk Block in Egypt at a depth of 4,757feet by Italian energy company, Eni. The discovery made under the Zohr project is expected to put an Read more
The fragile diplomatic ties between Tehran and Kuwait City that were marred with tensions last week may reach new levels after Hamad al-Harashani, head of the foreign relations committee at the Kuwaiti parliament, said Iran is the “true enemy” of the Gulf States and it Read more
Egyptian President al-Sissi Okayed Sunday the controversial anti-terror law which provides for fines on journalists filing reports countering the government’s version of security attacks or operations against militants. The anti-terror law, criticized in its initial form by journalists and lawmakers, Read more
Senior U.S. officials are beginning to feel that Turkey’s proclaimed war against ISIL is more of a war against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) than against the terror group. According to IRIN humanitarian news and analysis, Turkish forces conducted 300 Read more
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour told reporters at the joint press conference with his visiting Lebanese counterpart Tamam Salam that Amman is not interested in the Syrian dossier if not for the return of peace as he pointed out the Read more
Feeling strengthened following the Vienna pact, Iran is planning to submit a roadmap to end the four-year old political crisis in ally Syria. In an interview with the Beirut-based Al-Mayedeen television channel, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Read more
The Palestinian Authority, on Thursday, announced that a long awaited reshuffle of the Palestinian cabinet had been agreed upon but Hamas rejected the move citing that it is illegitimate. Despite Hamas’s position, the new cabinet members are expected to be Read more
Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri, a spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition, has stated that President Hadi’s government would be willing to hold talks with the Houthi Movement to return to Sana’a but if the latter is reluctant, they will be forced Read more
UN envoy in the Syrian crisis laid out Wednesday a new plan based on four key points to end the four-year unprecedented civil war that has so far killed around a quarter million people. A third war-end plan was tabled Read more
The U.S. State Department has approved orders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for military defensive missiles worth billions of dollars. Riyadh wants 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors worth around $5.4 billion while the UAE opted Read more