Leading News Source For Middle East
Japan does neither implicitly nor explicitly recognizes the Algerian-backed SADR Republic, said Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono after the Moroccan delegation withdrew from a preparatory meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) due to the presence of Read more
In a ruling issued on Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, ordered the United States to lift some of the economic sanctions it has imposed on Iran, which effect the importation Read more
Turkish U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen’s organization Wednesday said it thwarted an attack by an armed man who tried to sneak inside the organization’s compound in the US. Alliance for Shared Values said its retreat center in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, received the Read more
Russian Defense Minister has announced that his country completed the delivery of surface-to-air missile systems as promised following the downing last month of a Russian spy aircraft manned by 15 servicemen who all died. A Syrian defense force hit the Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, on Monday, chaired over a working session focused on upgrading and diversifying vocational training, promoting jobs offer and modernizing pedagogical methods, to endow young trainees and graduates with the necessary tools to enter the job Read more
Germany had approved export to Saudi Arabia of weapons worth $295 million, in violation of the German government’s own rules not to supply arms to parties involved “directly” in the Yemen conflict. A total of 87 export permits were approved Read more
Egyptian writer and leading feminist figure Nawal El Saadawi has accused former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of giving in 2012 bribe to young voters in Egypt to elect Muslim Brotherhood-linked candidate Mohamed Morsi who was removed from power Read more
Iran’s Foreign Minister has criticized close aids of US President Donald Trump after claims that Washington was forced to close its consulate in Basra over threats from Tehran and its allies. US, Friday, closed the mission in the protest-hit province Read more
A U.S. Bipartisan House Resolution has condemned the collusion between the Polisario separatist front and the Lebanese Chiite group, Hezbollah, as well as Iran’s destabilizing aims in North Africa and beyond. Introduced by congressmen Joe Wilson (R-SC), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) Read more
The European Football Association (UEFA) Thursday picked Germany to host the continent’s leading football tournament in 2024, leaving Turkey’s dreams to stage the event for the first time shuttered. For the vote, which took place in Nyon, Switzerland, Germany and Read more