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The US was left alone waving its veto in the face of the 14 members of the Security Council who voted in favor of a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Read more
Saudi Arabia said it succeeded in destroying a missile fired by Houthi rebels targeting the Yamamah palace, the official residence of King Salman. The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV said the missile was targeting the palace to project power and to Read more
Saif al-Islam, son of Libya’s former strongman Muammar Gaddafi, is mulling participation in next year elections as requested by his supporters, his spokesman has said. “Saif al-Islam will run for the upcoming presidential elections, which may take place in mid-2018,” Read more
Egypt’s former Premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq will face a case in court over announcement of his likely candidacy for 2018 presidential elections on Doha-based al Jazeera. A lawyer is suing the former army senior officer and premier for Read more
Lebanese Security authorities have identified the alleged murderer of Rebecca Dykes as Tariq H., a Lebanese working for Uber company. Arrested on Monday, Tariq H. confessed to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) to have killed the British diplomat positioned Read more
Egypt plans to join a Gulf power link with the signing of agreements next April with Saudi Arabia to finance the $1.6 bln project. Quoted by Bloomberg, Egypt’s Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said his country will finance $600 million adding Read more
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar commanding the east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) indicated Sunday that the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) brokered by the UN is outdated and the institutions associated to it have lost legitimacy. “All the dialogues starting from Ghadames Read more
Fourteen members of the UN Security Council will submit a one page draft resolution to reverse President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The draft resolution is backed by France and UK, Washington’s key allies who slammed President Read more
Prince al-Waleed bin Talal has reportedly refused to give up part of his fortune in exchange for freedom in the purge launched by authorities to wipe out corruption. The owner of Kingdom Holding Company according to the Financial Times has Read more
The Egyptian Army is supervising the construction of Egypt’s new administrative capital in a move to bolster Sisi’s rule. The yet-unnamed new administrative capital, expected to be completed in mid-2019, was launched in eastern Cairo in order to house the Read more