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French President Francois Hollande has urged Saad Hariri, leader of the Mustaqbal Movement, to support the candidacy of MP Michel Aoun of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) for the presidency instead of Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh, currently backed by Read more
The UN which released a report on June 2 holding all armed groups in Yemen responsible for child deaths and injuries with the Saudi-led coalition held responsible for 60% of the 510 killed and 667 injured last year has backtracked Read more
A bipartisan group of US Congressmen have urged US president Barack Obama to defend the longstanding strategic alliance built with Morocco, first country to recognize the independence of the United States in 1777. The move of the 16 members of Read more
Libya’s UN backed Prime Minister-designate has ruled out international military intervention in the anti-IS campaign taking place in the North African country. Faiez Serraj in an interview with French paper “Journal du Dimanche” published on Sunday said despite the international Read more
Mohamed Abdelaziz, the Polisario separatist Front leader who died last Tuesday of lung cancer has reportedly regretted his half-a-century alliance with Algeria, which has been the instigator of the Front’s claims over the Moroccan Sahara since the early 1970s. Abdelaziz Read more
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said Riyadh will not be increasing its oil output because “there is no reason to expect that Saudi Arabia is going to go on a flooding campaign” as he reassured that “we will be very Read more
Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF,) the oil-rich kingdom’s long-term sovereign investment arm, has pumped $3.5 billion into Uber and will henceforth occupy a seat as a member of the Board of Directors. The amount is the highest solitary amount Read more
UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed called on politicians to refrain from politicizing the discussions for the release of detainees underlining that “this issue is humanitarian in the first place and should not be politicized” as he Read more
Basma Kodmani, a delegate of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee (HNC) composed of Syrian opposition groups, said Coordinator Riad Hijab of the HNC has addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a truce during Ramadan. Read more
Cairo announced a four-day opening of the Rafah border crossing point with the Gaza Strip beginning on Wednesday through Sunday with the exception of Friday. The decision is seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the Islamic holy month of Read more