First Independent Mena Newspaper
Houthi rebels warned in a statement released at the end of a three-day forum that they will oversee the affairs of the state if the power vacuum continues for another 72 hours. The Houthis control all major government buildings in the capital and several key military facilities including the headquarters of the paramilitary Special Forces […]
Jordanian officials are hopeful that they will reach a deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for the liberation of their pilot lieutenant Muath al-Kasaesbeh. The extremist group has not responded to demands by Amman to prove that the pilot is alive in order to swap him for death row inmate Sajida […]
The talks between the Syrian government and the opposition have ended in Moscow after four days with the prospect of holding another meeting. The Moscow talks are already seen as a positive step towards ending the war in Syria although the U.S backed Syrian opposition based in Turkey is reported to have been absent. The […]
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been pushed back on several fronts on Monday notably in the eastern province of Diyala near the Iranian border and Kobane in Syria. Clashes are reported to have been fatal and both sides have registered tens of casualties. Hadi al-Amri, head of the Badr […]
Ahead of his visit to the U.S congress where he has been invited to make a speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told a cabinet meeting that it is an obligation with regards to his duties to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as well as defend the Jewish state’s future and existence anywhere. Tensions […]
Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, a Lebanese political and paramilitary organization, has warned its enemies that provoking the organization will lead to a dirty war. He said that they have weapons of all sorts that could be imagined. Bahrain, Israel and the French magazine criticised by Nasrallah during his interview with Lebanese television station […]
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has stated that the restructuration of the Iraqi army could take three years to make it effective after corruption and ghost lists where discovered when the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) started its offensive last year. He didn’t say how long it will take to defeat ISIS although U.S […]
Trade exchanges between Oman and Iran grew rapidly during the past two years to hit one billion dollars, said the Iranian ambassador to Oman, Ali Akbar Sibeveh. In a statement to the press on the sidelines of an Iranian-Omani trade exhibition that opened Tuesday in Muscat, Mr. Sibeveh said relations between the two countries are […]
Ansar al-Shariah, an al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, has fired six rockets at the Al Anad air base, the country’s largest military airbase, located in the southern part of the country. The attack is considered as retaliation to last month’s failed rescue mission to free American hostage Luke Somers by American and Yemeni forces although […]
Hundreds of Israelis that are worried about the bill proposal that will make Israel a Jewish nation have marched to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to manifest their dissatisfaction with the move. The controversial bill has divided the Jews and left the Israeli-Arabs wondering about their fate if the Knesset supports the bill […]