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China has asked for an upgrade of its military ties with Iran to add up to the two countries’ strong bilateral cooperation in trade, energy and economic sectors. Visiting Iran’s Air Force Commander, Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi, and his Chinese Read more
The United Kingdom is building its first military base in the Gulf 44 years after it left the area. The launch of the construction of a permanent military base in Bahrain was attended by UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and Read more
“The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah are coordinating their war against us — are we not capable of stopping the fighting amongst ourselves so we can direct all our efforts against them?” Those were the words of al-Qaeda leader Read more
The attack on Thursday that killed around 26 people after at least 15 rockets were fired at Camp Hurriya has been claimed by the Wathiq al-Battat, a Shia militia group. The attack targeted members of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) also Read more
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating agency decided to downgrade Saudi Arabia’s long term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from AA- to A+ on Friday citing the effects of the low oil prices but authorities in Riyadh are not Read more
U.N secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the participating countries in the Vienna talks on the war on Syria to show “flexibility” in order to make progress since “there is no military solution.” The talks starting this Friday are grouping Read more
Qatari Foreign minister Khalid al-Attiyah retracted his previous statement that Qatar would send troops to Syria if necessary stressing that it “is out of the question to have our soldiers on the grounds.” The minister who had not ruled out Read more
The Saudi-led coalition intervening g in Yemen has been accused of hitting a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Haydan district, but Riyadh has denied such allegations after U.N secretary General Ban ki-moon condemned the attack. MSF Read more
Baghdad on Wednesday reacted to statements made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Cater stressing that it has sufficient soldiers on the ground to fight the militants of the Islamic State as the U.S. pushes for ground intervention. Carter told Read more
Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah of Kuwait stressed the need to embark on reforms the soonest possible due to the low global oil prices. “There must be speedy, serious and urgent measures” to minimize the consequences,” Read more