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German newspaper Der Spiegel Saturday beeped horns in a report warning that a second coup and a series of crises could take place in Turkey pointing out that elements that led to the July 2016 failed coup are still in Read more
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State, has been confirmed by Ali Shirazi. The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s to the Revolutionary Guards – Quds Force was speaking to online news site Asr-e Read more
The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution, 2362, authorizing the checking of high sea vessels suspected of smuggling Libyan oil while extending the weapon embargo, other sanctions that impose travel bans and the freezing of assets. The resolution Read more
Drug dealer and bi-national Saïd Chaou will be tried in Morocco for the crimes he committed, Moroccan foreign ministry said after announcing Thursday the arrest of the trafficker by Dutch authorities and his likely deportation to Rabat. Dutch authorities’ reluctance Read more
Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip began Wednesday construction of a safe area at its border with Egypt as part of agreements for rapprochement between the Islamist movement and Cairo. The new buffer area will stretch on 12 kilometers, along Read more
US permanent envoy to the United Nations pledged ironclad friendship to Israel noting that she will vehemently oppose the appointment of any Palestinian official for a UN senior position because Washington does not recognize Palestine as a “state”. Nikki Haley, Read more
President Bashar al-Assad paid a maiden visit to the Khmeymim airbase in the Latakia province in what could be dubbed as a familiarization tour of the weaponry being used by the Russian air force helping his government repel attacks from Read more
Several members of the Turkish President’s security team to accompany him to next month G-20 Summit to be hosted by Hamburg have been denied entry in Germany over their involvement in a fight with pro-Kurdish demonstrators in May during the Read more
The Egyptian army Tuesday said its jets stroke 12 cars loaded with weapons, ammunition crossing into Egypt from Libya. The operation took place after the army received intelligence that “criminal elements” were trying to cross the western boundary, a statement Read more
A leaked document entitled ‘A National Consensus Document for Trust Building’ has been published by the pro-Fatah Ma’an news agency highlighting that Hamas and Muhammad Dahlan have reached an agreement to appoint Dahlan as the Head of Gaza’s government following Read more