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Israel’s Culture and Sport minister riled in a letter the US National Basketball Association (NBA) after an official webpage of the association allegedly listed Palestine as “occupied territory” in list of world countries, reports say. Miri Regev in a letter Read more
Visa issuance between the United States and Turkey will resume at full swing after the US embassy Thursday said it received guarantee that no staffer at the mission will be targeted again by investigation. “Based on adherence to these assurances, Read more
A new group of Turkish soldiers arrived in the Al Udeid airbase in the Qatari capital, Doha, as part of an agreement between the defense ministries of the two countries. The group, including soldiers from the Turkish Joint Forces Command, Read more
Russian presence in Syria is a showcase of Russia’s military might said President Vladimir Putin in an address to Russian troops. Speaking at a Kremlin awards ceremony for troops who fought in Syria, Putin said Russia has “made the main, Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Syria’s president Bashar Assad “a terrorist” stressing that it is impossible to reach a peace deal with him. “Al-Assad is definitely a terrorist who has carried out state terrorism,” Erdogan said at a televised news Read more
President Emmanuel Macron of France has called Saudi Arabia to ‘entirely’ lift the air and sea blockade its coalition has imposed on Yemen and which has worsened the humanitarian situation in the country devastated by more than two years of Read more
The United Arab Emirates top Foreign Minister Wednesday called for Arab union against Turkey pointing out that the Tayyip Erdogan-led country would not lead the Arab world. A spat has broken since last week between the UAE and Turkey with Read more
Head of the Palestinian Hamas movement Tuesday stressed that the US is working on a peace plan proposing to Palestinian leaders the village of Abu Dis, close to Eastern Jerusalem, as the future capital of Palestine. Ismail Haniyeh revealed the Read more
British Laura Plummer received Tuesday a three-year jail sentence for smuggling into Egypt Tramadol tablets, which are banned in the North African country. The 33-year old was arrested in October upon landing at Hurghada, a Red Sea resort city. Authorities Read more
The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has dropped to less than one million for the first time since 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. As of the end of November, the UN refugee agency counted Read more