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The Israeli government decided to suspend contacts with the European Union and its agencies on anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in a retaliatory move to the EU’s decision concerning the labeling of products made in the occupied territories. Read more
There are reports that Saudi Arabia is preparing to behead at least 50 people found guilty of committing “terrorist crimes” or linked to terrorist groups. There has been no official statement from Riyadh but semi-official al-Riyadh newspaper reported the story Read more
The Vice-president and Prime Minister of the Hadi-led government, Khaled Bahah, said they are ready to engage in “serious talks” with the Houthi Movement to end the war but it seems as if plans to boost the ranks of the Read more
An overnight rainfall in Qatar brought daily activities to a halt, unveiling flawed projects and prompting Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, angered by the extent of the flooding, to order an inquiry into the conformity of Read more
Israel Defense Force (IDF) recommended the arming and strengthening of the forces of the Palestinian Authority (PA) among others to the Jewish State’s political authorities but the government is not expected to approve the recommendation. Some authorities believe that arming Read more
The fall of Sinjar to the Iraqi Kurdish fighters known as Peshmerga after more than a year of battle with the militants of the Islamic State that took control of it since August 2014 has revealed that the extremist group Read more
The Houthi Movement has announced that a delegation will be leaving Sana’a for Oman for talks with Special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on ways to end the ongoing war. Spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam stated in a post on Facebook Read more
Syrian rebel factions, excluding ISIS and Al Nusra Front linked to al-Qaeda, both blacklisted by the U.N. as terrorist organizations, will be meeting in Saudi Arabia on December 15 to unify their efforts ahead of the next Vienna meeting scheduled Read more
Saudi Arabia would be receiving armament from the U.S. after Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) approved its request for arms sales including 22,000 smart and general purpose bombs, 1000 GBU-10 Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs and more than 5,000 Joint Read more
Saudi Arabia will embark on a 5year privatization program of state controlled aviation infrastructures such as airports and related services. The announcement was made by the head of the kingdom’s General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) Sulaiman al-Hamdan. The program Read more