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Senior Russian, American and United Nations officials are expected to meet in Geneva next week to discuss the war in Syria and special envoy Staffan de Mistura’s spokeswoman Jessy Chahine said “our hope is that any discussions on Syria will Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be affected by the low oil prices, but the foreign reserves it cumulated over the years “have provided ample policy space, limited negative inward spillovers and contained the weakening of investor appetite,” said Read more
The Kuwaiti government has given the participants in the ongoing Yemeni talks a 15-day deadline to reach a peace deal. Kuwaiti assistant foreign minister Khaled al-Jarallah said Kuwait has “from the very beginning” agreed with the concerned parties to “conduct Read more
Syrian opposition groups have called for the suspension of the airstrikes staged by the U.S-led coalition against ISIS pending investigations of civilians’ killing in Manbij by coalition forces. The president of the Syrian National Coalition Anas al-Abdah said “it is Read more
Defense and foreign ministers of countries participating in the U.S-led airstrike campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will begin their meeting in Washington on Thursday to discuss what is dubbed as the ultimate assault on Mosul, Read more
Negotiations between Yemen’s warring parties began in Kuwait after the Aid-break. UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed pointed out that talks will be centered on maintaining “cessation of combat actions in a full and comprehensive manner, activate the pacification Read more
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
A first shipment of missiles of the S-300 missile system has recently been received by Iran, evidencing Tehran’s determination to equip its air defense circle with this system, reported Tasnim news agency, quoting Revolutionary Guards. At the beginning of the Read more
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society was dissolved by a Bahraini administrative court in Manama on Sunday arguing that the organization prejudices the “respect for the rule of law and foundations of citizenship based on coexistence, tolerance and respect for the other; Read more
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus warned that the Syrian war “will result in proxy wars in the Middle East via Syria” if not solved and that “those who are behind the proxy war in Syria” would be dealing with Read more