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Prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has warned that the 560 additional troops that Washington is preparing to deploy to Iraq would be targeted by his supporters without going into details. “They are a target for us,” he said. Sadr’s armed Read more
President Assad stated that talks with one of its major allies in fighting terrorism has never touched on his leaving power but rather focused on fighting terrorism, as he stressed that only Syrians will determine who will be their leader. Read more
Political parties, civil and trade organizations engaged in talks for a national unity government have signed on Wednesday the “Carthage Document” setting out the priorities of the upcoming government but a political impasse has emerged as Prime Minister Habib Essid Read more
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is pursuing his approach of Turkey needing to “increase its friends and decrease its enemies” since coming to office in May and his latest statement called for the renewal of ties with Syria. “It is our Read more
The Knesset voted a controversial law on Monday, dubbed the Transparency Bill, which obliges NGOs that receive funding from abroad to declare and publish their sources of income in all dealings with officials as well as on all types of Read more
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former intelligence chief and former Saudi ambassador to the US and the UK, expressed support, at a meeting in Paris organized by exiled Iranian dissidents, to ending the rule of the clerical leadership established in Read more
Iraqi Prime minister Haider al-Abadi relieved lieutenant general Abdulamir al-Shimmari of his position as Baghdad ‘s Operations Commander in the aftermath of the Sunday attack that killed almost 300 people. The heads of the intelligence and security departments in the Read more
Cairo Wednesday indicated it would retaliate against Italy’s decision to suspend the military deal between the two countries in protest to the suspicious death of an Italian student in Cairo in February. Egyptian foreign ministry chided Italy for the senate Read more
President Hadi of Yemen thanked and applauded the efforts of the Saudi-led coalition and determination to reinstate him as the legitimate president of the country following his removal by the Houthi Movement. In a statement published by the official news Read more
Reacting to the Sunday suicide attack that killed more than 200 people in Baghdad, the Justice Ministry executed five prisoners on Monday as a show of solidarity with the grieved population. It is unclear if those executed played a role Read more