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Egypt’s Foreign Minister and the Egyptian parliament, leaned towards President al-Sisi, have criticized the United Kingdom’s readiness to grant asylum to members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood if they are able to prove that their lives are at risk. Foreign Read more
Days after he warned that the additional U.S. in Iraq will become targets, Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made similar warnings to the UK on Sunday. London is planning on doubling its troops to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the Read more
The spokesman for the French government, Stephane Le Foll, has confirmed that there are French forces in Libya but denied to clarify if they were among those killed by the Defending Benghazi Brigade that claimed responsibility of shooting down a Read more
UK has provided diplomatic protection for Israeli former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni after London police summoned the Israeli former official for interrogation over alleged war crimes committed during the Israel-Gaza 2008-2009 conflict. The move comes after Israel on Sunday vigorously Read more
On Thursday, an Airbus A320 of EgyptAir flying from Paris to Cairo, with 66 people onboard, including 10 crewmembers, disappeared from the radar while in Egyptian airspace. The circumstances surrounding its disappearance are yet unknown because it didn’t send out Read more
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon said there are plans to have a permanent naval force stationed in Oman and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between UK’s Babcock International Group and Oman Drydock Company to build the base near Duqm Read more
The annual report of the United Nations sanctions monitors on Libya to the Security Council warned that “the rise of ISIL in Libya is likely to increase the level of international and regional interference, which could provoke further polarization, if Read more
Members of the UK parliament are urging their government to halt military supplies to Saudi Arabia until an international independent inquiry into their actions in Yemen is completed. The pressure came following a letter from aid agencies to Secretary Justine Read more
Israeli bulldozers arrived in the villages of Jinba and Halawa south of Hebron in the West Bank on Tuesday and razed down more than 20 buildings in the area they claim was designated as a military firing range in the Read more
Charles Saint-Prot, Head of the Paris-based Observatory of Geopolitical Studies praised Morocco for its exceptional counter-terrorism strategies which are, he said, the result of King Mohammed VI’s clear vision of religious matters. Speaking in an interview with “Teathrum Belli” published Read more