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The Pentagon on Monday confirmed the death of a senior leader of Al-Qaeda’s East Africa branch, the Shebab in an air strike in Somalia last week which also killed two other militants. Sandhere, “also known as ‘Ukash,’ a senior leader Read more
Emirati investors have agreed to invest up to 37 million euros on six agriculture projects in Morocco, report say. Morocco’s Minister of fisheries and agriculture Aziz Akhannounch signed three agreements with UAE investors who promised to pump up around 37 Read more
US Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretary Hillary Clinton over the weekend panned Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for his violence-productive policies including expansion and his refusal to condone two-state solution requested by the international community to end five Read more
France, one of President Assad’s toughest western opponents to his stay in power, seems to be reviewing its position after a member of the French cabinet stated that Assad doesn’t necessarily have to leave power before a political transition. France Read more
After reports emerged on Turkish media that around 150 Turkish soldiers alongside 10 to 25 tanks had reached the town of Bashiqa to train Peshmegra forces, Baghdad, which said it had not been informed about Turkey’s move, ordered the departure Read more
Iran will soon be in possession of the S-300 air defense missile systems marking the beginning of the end of the 2007 $800 million deal signed with Russia. President Putin’s arms trade adviser Vladimir Kozhin told state news agency Tass Read more
Member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are meeting this Friday in Vienna to discuss the organization’s policies especially the low hydrocarbon prices but a change is not expected as they continue to disagree over the approach Read more
Visiting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan together with Emir Sheikh Tammim Bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar co-presided over the first meeting of the two countries’ Supreme Strategic Committee which ended with the signing of 15 agreements and memorandum of understanding, Read more
A new political crisis could surface again in Kuwait after a parliamentary investigation report accused several senior government officials including two former oil ministers for mismanaging public funds and making illegal profits in a joint venture deal between the state Read more
U.S will be sending at least 100 troops to Iraq as part of a specialized expeditionary force targeting ISIS leaders but the move is not welcomed by authorities in Baghdad. Sources hinted that the number of troops could be around Read more