Iran and Saudi accuse each other of flaming tension

Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with Iran after its embassy was attacked by protesters following the execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, together with 46 others, and wants its diplomats to leave Riyadh by Tuesday. The two countries have accused Read more

Egypt’s Ambassador’s arrival welcomed by Israel after 3 years of absence

Cairo and Tel Aviv confirmed on Sunday that Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, arrived on Friday and would soon be presenting his credentials. The North African country recalled its ambassador from the Jewish state in 2012 under the Read more

Turkey: Erdogan keen to end tension with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the week-end told Turkish journalists that both Turkey and Israeli need each other following diplomatic efforts by the two countries to ease tension caused by Israel’s attack on a Turkish humanitarian ship bound for Read more

Mauritania: President’s assassin escapes from prison, AQMI flag found

Mauritanian authorities are on a manhunt after an Islamist militant who is awaiting execution since 2011 after being found guilty of attempting to kill President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz escaped from the Nouakchott central prison where he was being held. Read more

Morocco: Security beefed up during New Year, 100,000 armed forces to be mobilized

100,000 security forces will dispatched across the country from December 30 to ward off terrorist attacks planned by IS an attempt to inflict losses to the kingdom, reports say. Morocco daily Assabah relayed by other local media Wednesday indicates that Read more

Turkey and Saudi to create strategic cooperation council

President Erdogan’s had a closed door meeting with King Salman in Riyadh to discuss issues of mutual interest which ended with the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announcing that the two countries have “produced a desire to set up a Read more

Palestine and Israel in denial, blame game over negotiations

Israeli media reported that Palestine’s proposal for secret talks to be held were rejected by Tel Aviv but Secretary General Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) denied such claims while admitting to meeting with the then-Israeli Vice PM Read more

Iraq: U.S wants to severe snake heads in Iraq and Syria

U.S military official in Iraq, Colonel Steve Warren, told reports at the Pentagon that the military operations in Iraq and Syria undertaken mainly by drone strikes have killed at least 10 leaders of the Islamic State last month; amongst them Read more