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Militants of the Islamic State group fighting in Iraq fired rockets loaded with mustard gas on Bashir and Taza Khurmatu on Tuesday and Wednesday. The chemical rockets triggered widespread anger among the civilian population who blocked the road between Kirkuk Read more
Sweden is offering tailor-made innovative and entrepreneurship development solutions to Qatar, part of efforts to establish a knowledge-based society. Doha is battling to diversify its economy as low global hydrocarbon prices affect its economy and finances. Swedish Ambassador to Qatar, Read more
Egyptian government Sunday charged outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Gaza’s Hamas of the assassination of Public Chief Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year in June. “This plot was carried out on the orders of the Muslim Brotherhood … in close coordination with Read more
Hamas has reacted to a statement released by Fatah’s revolutionary council stating that it could pursue other means to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The statement was considered to be contrary to the peaceful efforts by the two groups Read more
Five Omani banks have been downgraded by Moody’s credit rating agency less than a month after it took a similar move against the country’s credit rating. Moody stated in its report that the affected banks can no longer rely on Read more
UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, told the Security Council that the humanitarian situation has “deteriorated further” and the political stalemate is enabling terrorists and criminals to have “deep Read more
Operation Al Jazeera Security is underway in Iraq where security forces and Shia militia groups have launched attacks on militants of the Islamic State group in the northwestern desert areas of Iraq. The operation seeks to disrupt supply routes from Read more
Libya’s adjacent neighboring country lying over the northern side of the Mediterranean Sea is willingly to take a primary role in the activities of foreign troops that would fight the Islamic State in the war torn country according to US Read more
The fury between Iran and Saudi Arabia took a new dimension on Sunday as Tehran protested against Riyadh’s refusal to issue visas to a delegation that was to attend a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah. Read more
The Egyptian parliament frowned at one of its members, Tawfik Okasha, for hosting Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Haim Koren at his home last Thursday. Some members of parliament called for sanctions against Okasha and also condemned him for inviting the Read more