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Algerian and UN veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has urged both his country and Morocco to leave the Western Sahara issue aside and work to reopen their land borders and normalize commercial activities through the borders for the benefit of the Read more
The rebels are close to losing Aleppo to the pro-government forces as they only control around 10% of the city after losing the neighborhood of Sjeikh Saeed, one of the largest neighborhoods in eastern Aleppo, following intense clashes. President Assad’s Read more
United Kingdom’s efforts to reinforce ties with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been dealt a blow as reports that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson criticized the council’s regional policies emerge as he prepares to tour the region in Read more
Western-backed resolution for a seven-day ceasefire in embattled Aleppo has been vetoed by Russia and China on Monday at the UN Security Council with the Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin raising concerns that it could be used by Read more
Israeli warplanes have allegedly fired two missiles into Syria targeting Hezbollah forces on Wednesday. The attack which was launched from the Lebanese airspace targeted the Sabboura area according to the Syrian state media, Sana news agency, and various sources have Read more
Pro-Assad forces have made significant progress in the battle to take over eastern Aleppo in their latest offensives with Director Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stating that “the rebels have lost control of all the Read more
The UN Security Council unanimously voted on extending investigations aimed at identifying the perpetrators of the chemical attacks in Syria last year and requested that a report be completed within 90 days by the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) of the Read more
The Tal Afar was taken from the fighters of the Islamic State on late Wednesday and Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi stated that the “72nd and 92nd brigades will enter the city” while the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a pro-Baghdad Shia Read more
Lebanese based Hezbollah had a military parade inside Syria over to commemorate ‘Martyr’s Day’ but the some of the American military hardware that featured in the released pictures have raised eyebrows because Washington considers the group as a terrorist organization. Read more
A self immolation in Tunisia in December 2010 which gave birth to protest against the Ben Ali regime and eventually led to its downfall before crossing borders into other countries in North Africa and the Middle East has immensely contributed Read more