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As the transportation agreement between Ankara and Cairo is set to expire in a fortnight, Çetin Nuhoğlu, the head of the Turkey-based International Transporters’ Association (UND) has announced that trial test drives will begin this week on new routes through Read more
Khalid Toukan, head of the Jordanian Atomic Energy Commission, said that “nuclear power is definitely one of the solutions to graduate from total dependency on oil and gas” after signing a $10 billion nuclear plant agreement with Russia’s state owned Read more
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu is on a working visit to Malta and has denied accusations that Ankara supplied Libya with weapons citing that it is against their values. The minister is in Malta to boost ties between the two Read more
King Abdullah’s visit to Egypt has ended with both states hoping to reinforce their bilateral cooperation. High on the agenda was terrorism and security related issues. A plan to build a natural gas pipeline from Iraq to Jordan that will Read more
Monitored reports on Israeli media have stated that Saudi Arabia is willing to collaborate with Israel in bombing Iran. The reports quoted a senior European source saying that “the Saudi authorities are completely coordinated with Israel on all matters related Read more
The Director of U.S Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart has warned that Iraq will not be able contain threats from the Islamic State (IS) as the group continues to spread into North Africa. He was quoted by CNN Read more
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry lamented that despite the reconciliation efforts between Cairo and Doha that were facilitated by the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Al-Jazeera TV channel is still broadcasting reports that are not in concordance with Arab Read more
The invitation of Qatar and Turkey to take part in a ministerial meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya (ICG-L) was disapproved by Egypt and Libya prompting them to boycott the meeting. Monitored repots claimed that the two countries Read more
Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa arrived in Kuwait on Sunday on a one day visit to hold talks with authorities amidst the rising insecurity in the region. His visit will focus on strengthening cooperation and coordination between them as part Read more
After more than two years without a parliament, Egyptians will finally be heading to the polls in March to elect lawmakers. Egypt’s last parliament was dissolved by a court ruling based on a technicality in 2012. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi has Read more