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The Egyptian government has stiffened its crackdown on members of the Muslim Brotherhood over the past week and the Interior ministry stated that it had arrested 167 members of the organization during the week before new arrests under allegations of Read more
The debate over the Syrian war between Russia and the U.S continues to gain momentum. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called in a recent interview with state TV channel Rossiya 1 showed for an end to “double standards” in order to Read more
Saudi Arabia suffered on Thursday another suicide attack that targeted a mosque, in the southern Saudi city of Abha near the border with Yemen, killing more than a dozen people, most of them from the Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) unit. The Read more
Ankara rejected comments made by Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby that questioned the airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) urging him to “support the fight against terror, rather than terrorism itself.” Nabil al-Araby had questioned the worth of the airstrikes against Read more
Feeling strengthened following the Vienna pact, Iran is planning to submit a roadmap to end the four-year old political crisis in ally Syria. In an interview with the Beirut-based Al-Mayedeen television channel, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Read more
Foreign Ministers of Arab League member countries, supported by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Wednesday in Cairo to draft a UN resolution calling the UN Security Council to protect Palestinians against Israeli settlers and terrorism. The Foreign Ministers Read more
The Emirate of Dubai, known for its scorching temperatures like most of the Gulf countries, has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest indoor ski resort to cost US $6.8 Billion. Dubai, which has already an indoor ski resort boasting Read more
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Minister of Economic Development Federica Guidi together with senior officials of different industries in Italy were in Tehran on Tuesday on an official visit with one of the major highlights being the signing of Read more
Around 3,000 troops from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Yemen with hundreds of vehicles like main battle tanks, APCs, AFVs and self-propelled artillery on board ships adorned with UAE flags at the port of Yemen over the weekend. Their arrival could Read more
Lebanon’s Political parties have started blaming each other on the eve of another cabinet meeting that is most likely to end without any major decision since rival political parties refuse to agree on the matters that should be prioritized on Read more