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Turkey’s Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the bomb attack in Istanbul’s central Istiklal Avenue that left three Israelis, two of whom had American citizenship, and an Iranian dead was carried out by Mehmet Ozturk whom it linked to ISIS. The Read more
A passenger jet belonging to a Dubai-based airline crashed early Saturday in Rostov region with 62 passengers on board. The jet, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Flydubai crashed while trying to land at Rostov-on-Don airport, 950 kilometers south of Moscow. Read more
The prestigious Swiss NGO, Crans Montana Forum is holding its annual conference in the southern Moroccan City of Dakhla (17-22 March) for the 2nd year in a row, confirming Morocco’s determination to become a regional hub for South-South cooperation. In Read more
A day after the UN Security Council was briefed on the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah imposed through resolution 1701 to end the 2006 war between the two parties, the Council raised concerns about the presidential hiatus in Lebanon stressing Read more
President Sisi in an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper said countries considering military intervention in Libya should rather give the needed support to the Libya National Army headed by General Khalifa Haftar because “it can do the job much Read more
The Jordanian parliament passed a law targeting Israelis interested in Petra region after reports that they are increasingly buying lands around the area. The law passed on Tuesday bans renting or selling real estate to Israeli citizens in the ancient Read more
Prime Minister Khalifa Ghwell of the Tripoli-based government warned the Tunisia-based Government of National Accord (GNA) formed under the U.N-backed Libya Political Agreement not to attempt entering Tripoli as a “government” because they would be arrested. He said they could Read more
Morocco has raised the tone in responding to the United Nations Secretary General’s provocative remarks and behavior, decided a number of “immediate measures” and threatened to stop all cooperation with MINURSO, the UN mission supervising the cease-fire in the Sahara. Read more
President Vladimir Putin and King Mohammed VI, who is on an official visit to Russia, held Tuesday in Moscow, talks that centered on pressing issues of bilateral relations, but also on topical international and regional issues, with focus on the Read more
As the Syrian peace talks were just resuming in Geneva Monday, Russia unexpectedly announced that it would be pulling out the “bulk” of its troops from the war-torn country. Both Damascus and the Kremlin announced that the decision was made Read more