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Saudi Arabia will inaugurate several diplomatic missions in Iraq during Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman’s visit in April to mark full normalization of ties between the two countries, since Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The Crown Prince’s visit is Read more
Populations in the Matrouh province are being encouraged to cast their votes at the coming presidential election later this month with businessmen in the province offering 500 free Umrah pilgrimage trips to voters, reports say. Egyptians are called to polls Read more
Individuals held in the months-long anti-graft campaign in Saudi Arabia were tortured as New York Times (NYT) reports the death of Maj Gen Ali al-Qahtani, an officer in the National Guard, while in custody. Early November, around 200 individuals including Read more
Morocco and Qatar signed on Monday eleven cooperation agreements, memoranda and action programs destined to foster partnership between the two countries in the fields of agriculture, trade, transport, finance, banking, education, media, youth and handicraft. These agreements were signed Monday Read more
The Turkish national flagship carrier is queuing up for 50 aircraft from France-based Airbus and US-based Boeing with the two manufacturers to secure orders for 25 planes each. The announcement confirmed by the airlines’s CEO Ilker Ayci notes that the Read more
The Egyptian army claimed it neutralized over 100 jihadists in its vast operation in the Sinai seeking to flash out members of the local Islamic State group (IS). Launched early February, the operation led to the killing of approximately 130 Read more
King Salman has signed a decree setting up legal units tasked with investigating corruption-related cases, one month after the end of the anti-corruption purge, which rounded up some 200 people including 11 Princes, top state officials and business big-wigs. The Read more
Guards at the Iranian embassy in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Sunday shot dead an Austrian national who attempted to attack a guard at the building with a knife. The guard, soldier from Tyrol region of Austria sustained injuries following Read more
Saudi authorities have requested the postponement of the annual Arab summit to next April as the initial date, March 23, coincides with the presidential elections in Egypt. The announcement was made by the Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Read more
The Iraqi ministry of defense has announced this week acquisition of two South Korea-manufactured warplanes as part of a 2013 deal for the delivery to 24 war jets to the Iraqi government. The two jets arrived in the Martyr Mohammed Read more