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United States Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has revealed what seems to be White House’s revised policy and strategy in Syria. “We can’t necessarily focus on Assad the way the previous administration maybe did” even though he is considered Read more
The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining the steady improvement achieved before 2010 when the prevalence of undernourishment, Read more
Turkey’s National Security Council has officially announced the end of its Euphrates Shield military operation into Syria and deemed it “successfully completed” in accomplishing the mission of “preventing the threat from Daesh and (enabling the) return of Syrian refugees to Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is in Iraq to “focus on the dire humanitarian situation on the ground” as the war against the extremist Islamic State group intensifies in Mosul. He said that the protection of civilians should be the Read more
The Arab Summit held in Jordan ended with the Arab States reaffirming their support to the Arab Peace Initiative while renewing their call for a two-state solution to the more than 50-year old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has taken the dimension Read more
Israel’s counterterrorism bureau has called on Israelis to leave Egypt because of a terrorist threat “in the immediate future.” The government does not have “specific warnings” of areas that could be targeted but the head of the counterterrorism bureau, Eitan Read more
Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser, Qatari Prime Minister and Interior Minister, told participants at the Qatar-UK Business and Investment Forum that the Gulf State has “great confidence” in the United Kingdom and that this will be expressed though “investments over the Read more
The Houthi Movement and its allies, dubbing themselves as the Yemeni Army, have unveiled a ballistic missile with a range of 400km. The rebels claimed that it was developed by the same Yemeni developers of the SAM 2 missile. According Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will make an “official visit” to Washington on April 3, as first African leader to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. “President Trump and President Al-Sisi will use the visit to build on the positive momentum Read more
The Lebanese cabinet approved a budget plan for 2017 and the draft will be forwarded to the parliament for ratification. Details of the draft budget will be revealed by the Finance Minister on Thursday but Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil hinted Read more