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Hamas has elected Yahiya Sinwar as its new leader in replacement of Ismail Haniyeh according to reports by the group’s official news site Al-Resala. Sources said Sinwar polled the highest in the vote that was only for members of Hamas, Read more
At the end of his four-day trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, President Michel Aoun of Lebanon is confident that ties with the Gulf States have been revived. He stated that relations with Gulf Countries particularly with Saudi Arabia are Read more
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the Sunday suicide bombing in a Coptic cathedral in Cairo that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 49. In a message posted online through its media, Amaq, IS Read more
United Kingdom’s (UK) Prime Minister Theresa May will be attending the two-day 37th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit that will begin on Tuesday in Bahrain and she wishes to use it as an opportunity to make it the “start of Read more
Tunisia will be getting billions of dollars worth of investments in the next five years after the European Investment Bank (EIB) said it make an overall investment of $2,66 billion from now till 2020 while Saudi Arabia is willing to Read more
In solidarity with Saudi Arabia, Morocco strongly condemned the violations by the Houthi rebels in Yemen of the truce that entered on November 19. The Houthi rebels continued to fire missiles on the borders with Saudi Arabia after the announcement Read more
Nine countries showed support for Morocco’s territorial integrity by withdrawing from the Arab-African summit held in Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo in protest over the presence of the flag of the Polisario separatists. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Read more
Iran has responded to claims made by eleven Middle Eastern and North African States, about Tehran’s interference in their domestic affairs in a bid to destabilize them, in a message delivered by its Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Read more
At the opening ceremony of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Economic and Development Affairs Authority in Riyadh, Saudi’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz said that “in the era of blocs” which presents opportunities, they can become the Read more
The UK, US and the EU in addition to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar Monday discussed in London plans to support the Libyan economy and prevent the North African oil-rich country from sliding deeper in economic turmoil. Read more