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Chief Negotiator Mohammed Alloush of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) a Syrian opposition coalition, twitted on Sunday that he was resigning. “The three rounds of talks (with President Assad’s government) were unsuccessful because of the stubbornness of the regime and Read more
Israel’s Environment Minister announced Friday his resignation from the coalition government following the Prime Minister’s decision to appoint ultra-nationalist and anti-Palestinian Avigdor Lieberman as defense Minister. Avi Gabbay, who is non-member of the parliament, resigned to protest against the removal Read more
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, briefed the UN Security Council in a closed-door video conference on Thursday on the situation in Syria and a statement from his office said Syrian peace talks will resume before August 1, Read more
As part of celebrations marking Liberation and Resistance Day, Secretary General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah accused Arab States of “inaction” against Israel. He claimed that the Jewish State is Lebanon’s “main and real enemy” and continues to be its “biggest Read more
A local Libyan military commander in the ranks of Misrata’s Third Force confirmed the presence and engagement of British and American forces on the ground in Libya. In an interview with The Times, Commander Mohammed Durat referred to an incident, Read more
The appointment of a hardline right-winger as Israel’s defense minister represents a real threat to regional stability, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday. In response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to bring in ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman as Read more
The Egyptian army announced Tuesday that it killed six terrorists in the north of the restive Sinai province where the army is at loggerheads with IS-affiliated militants. The army also destroyed 56 underground hideouts in different locations, namely south of Read more
President Erdogan could freeze the migration agreement reached with the EU because of “double standards,” stated Yigit Bulut; an adviser to the Turkish president. The issue of human rights has been a dividing issue between Ankara and the European Union Read more
The Israeli Prime Minister who is under fire over the resignation of Defense Minister tried to ease concerns saying he was in control of the country’s security and military plans. Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon Friday announced he was quitting Read more
Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday said the United States would attend the ministerial conference organized by France to be held on 3 June to launch a new framework for peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis. “I told him [French Read more