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The arrival of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli on Wednesday increased the number of governments claiming legitimacy and authority in Libya to three. On Friday prime minister-designate Fayez Serraj made his first public appearance in Tripoli at Read more
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon said there are plans to have a permanent naval force stationed in Oman and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UK’s Babcock International Group and Oman Drydock Company to build the base near Duqm Read more
President Assad on Wednesday signaled that he is willing to form a unity government with opposition and independent figures but the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) a coalition of Syrian opposition parties, quickly rejected the proposal. In an interview with Russian Read more
The leader of the Future Movement party and once prime minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the situation in Lebanon and other regional matters of common interest. During the meeting in Moscow, Read more
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have reached an accord to begin production at the jointly operated Al-Khafji oil field where production was halted in October 2014 but differences still remain over the Wafra oil field. The announcement was made by Kuwaiti Read more
The Saudi-led military coalition and the Houthi Movement swapped prisoners on Monday ahead of the scheduled ceasefire on April 10 and the peace talks to commence eight days later in Kuwait. It is the second prisoner exchange of the month Read more
A day after Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said in Pakistan that “the existing difference in opinions” between Tehran and Riyadh “must be solved through dialogue”, Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said renewing ties will require that Tehran changes its “behavior.” Read more
Syrian forces have claimed that after several weeks of battle, they have taken control of the desert city of Palmyra that they lost to the Islamic State in May 2015. A military source told AFP that after heavy night fighting Read more
The shady deal struck by the Algerian army and AQIM, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, during the January 17, 2013 hostage crisis, in the Algerian gas plant in Ain Amenas, was substantiated another time during a TV talk show Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday said Belgium ignored Turkish authorities’ warnings that one of the suspected suicide bombers at the Brussels airport was a IS-linked “foreign fighter” after they deported him to the Netherlands. Erdogan speaking at a joint Read more