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Dirar Abu Sisi, a Palestinian engineer from Gaza who once served as the director of the Gaza Strip’s power station before he disappeared in Ukraine during a visit and who later on surfaced in Israel has been sentenced to 21 Read more
Iraqi Foreign Minister Tuesday expressed his government’s desire to see Turkey supporting Iraqi forces in the fight against the ISIL stressing that the terror group’s threat does not stop in Iraq but threatens neighbours too. In a press conference during Read more
“It is a great honor for us to announce that we have reached an agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue.” It is in these words that the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced the Read more
Turkish acting Prime Minister and leader of the AK Party led preliminary talks with main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in an attempt to test water for the forming of a coalition government since the June 7 elections which left Read more
Experts forecast a business boom after completion of the Grand Mosque expansion and infrastructure projects in the city of Makkah with around SR100 billion in investment expected to come from the private sector. King Salman last Sunday inaugurated the expansion Read more
The Iraq government and the World Bank signed on Sunday an agreement allocating the Iraqi government $350 million loan destined for rebuilding cities taken back from ISIL. The Word Bank loan will help the Iraqi government, which is facing an Read more
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah renewed his organization’s alliance with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Michel Aoun and urged the FPM and the al-Mustaqbal movement to find a solution to their differences in a “serious dialogue.” Addressing the political situation Read more
Mixed reports are emerging from the negotiations in Vienna and there are possible hints that the talks could end without any agreement. Although parties involved in the talks have been stating that they have never been so closer to an Read more
The European Union (EU) parliament has set its sight on Bahrain criticizing it for human rights abuses that increased after the 2011 demonstrations. The parliament adopted a resolution calling for “the immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience, political activists, Read more
The one year anniversary of the 50-day summer war between Hamas and Israel was an opportunity for a show of force for the al-Qassam Brigades as they showcased two new missile models that they claim were made locally. The commemoration Read more