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The Lebanese cabinet held a meeting on Thursday after almost a month of suspension, but again the meeting ended in a dispute over the agenda. One of the major stumbling blocks is the insistence of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Read more
Prime Minister Thinni of the Tobruk-based government had announced that he is willing to reach an agreement with the Tripoli government in the interest of Libyans. Thinni was speaking in Malta where he is on a visit. The announcement has Read more
Sinai Province, an IS affiliated group in the Egypt Sinai Peninsular, killed Wednesday 17 Egyptian soldiers in a series of attacks against army check-points in the Sinai according to army sources. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria branch in Read more
Some members of Oman’s Shura Council have decided to challenge the decision of the Interior Ministry to bar them from standing for the upcoming elections. The ministry decided to blacklist some of the members in March and made references to Read more
Tunisia suffered another attack which left at least 38 people dead in the touristic town of Sousse. The attack has been claimed by the Islamic State but Tunis ruled out all links between the attacker and the group saying that Read more
Turkey has been singled out by American authorities in their annual Human Rights report for impunity and weak administration of justice, interference with freedom of expression and not doing enough to protect minorities. The report is very critical with Ankara Read more
An early Thursday morning attack on Kobane by ISIL left many people dead and stirred anger in Turkey with one of the key leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) alleging that Ankara cooperated with the extremist group to commit“massacre.” Reports Read more
Libya elected Parliament in Tobruk agreed on Wednesday to sign the fourth UN draft but only if amendments are made to the document. The UNSMIL last peace process round in Morocco ended with no agreement as the House of Representative Read more
Libyan authorities have refused to collaborate with the European Union in its military operation against illegal migrant smuggler networks operating on the coasts of Libya as Air Force commander Saqr Geroushi warned EU on Tuesday that EU vessels could be Read more
The Savage killing group ISIL on Tuesday called on Muslims around the world to practice more killing of infidels during this holy month of Ramadan so as to become martyrs and get closer to God. The call was launched by Read more