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Negotiations are marking an important step in Turkey-Israel relations as both states try to reach a compensation deal for victims of the 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. The attack which sparked international outrage killed eight Turkish nationals Read more
Iran has begun moving towards stopping its uranium enrichment program at its Natanz plant as part of six-month nuclear agreement brokered in November 2013 with members of the UN’s Security Council and Germany. The United States and the European Union Read more
The city of Marrakesh is hosting Thursday and Friday a meeting of the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee, an offshoot of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, that will debate the Israeli moves attempting to judaize the holy city, alter its demographic data Read more
Few hours before the expected meeting of Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi and EU’s deputy foreign policy chief Helga Schmid in Geneva, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made statements considered to raise the tension of the meeting. Khamenei is Iran’s Read more
Barely less than two weeks before Geneva Convention II, Syrian rebels are yet to have their house in order. The group of the Syrian opposition parties can’t still agree on whether they will attend the important meeting. Assad continues to Read more
Jordan took over the UN Security Council presidency on Wednesday, the first day of its two-year stint on a 15-nation body struggling to cope with conflicts in Syria, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mali and elsewhere. The country got access Read more
In a bid to calm down the United States’ Gulf allies, infuriated by Washington’s recent rapprochement with Iran and its new diplomatic approach towards the Iranian nuclear program, President Barack Obama has okayed the supply of weapons and defense services Read more
Palestine’s Chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has revealed that they will be willing to extend the negotiations with Israel if they can reach framework agreement by the end of the nine-month negotiations in April. Palestine and Israel have diverging views on Read more
Exchange of gunfire at the border between Lebanon and Israel has left one Israeli soldier dead. The incident happened near the village of Naqoura, at around 8:30pm on Sunday night. Israel has warned that it will react to provocations while Read more
The political transition in Yemen is making positive advances and the UN through is Security Council is willing to contribute into making it successful. The ongoing national dialogue has been criticized in certain quarters especially in the south and among Read more