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Fighting between the Houthi rebels and the government forces started in the Yemeni capital on Monday with both sides accusing each other of triggering it. The State television and SABA, the government’s official news agency, are now under the control of the rebels. A fragile ceasefire has been announced and strategic positions around the capital […]
The leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain, members of the Six Nations Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), have renewed their resolve to work for the consolidation of the gulf alliance. At a meeting held lately in Kuwait City, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah of Kuwait and Bahrain’s Premier Prince Khalifa Ben Selman Al Khalifa have […]
The upcoming talks, between the Syrian opposition and Assad’s government, in Russia are seen as an opportunity that should not be missed according to U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. He said the Syrian war has become the worst humanitarian disaster since World War II and Russian efforts should be supported to end it because it […]
The Arab League said on Thursday that it will seek to shore up international support for another attempt to obtain a U.N resolution on ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands. The decision can be considered timely as countries sympathetic to Palestine’s cause prepare to take up their seats at the Security Council. U.N Assistant Secretary-General […]
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 […]
President Erdogan has questioned Prime Minister Netanyahu’s morals after he attended the solidarity march in Paris. He alleged that Netanyahu should first account for his killings in Palestine. He also accused the West of hypocrisy and Islamophobia. There are reports that Netanyahu forced his way through to the list of invitees before being snubbed by […]
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that Egypt will not obstruct the development ambitions of neighboring Ethiopia during a visit of a delegation led by Patriarch Abune Matthias. Tensions between the two countries grew when Addis Ababa started building The Great Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile last year. Egypt said the project threatens its […]
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 […]
Iran has taking a very defensive approach in 2015 as it activates an Iron Dome and also begins mass production of the indigenously developed Saeghe (Thunderbolt) fighter jet. The country has been developing its defense capabilities locally since an arms embargo was imposed by the U.S in 1979. Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard, vice speaker of Iran’s […]
All Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, have strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack launched Wednesday against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, known for its sharp criticism of radical Islam. Indonesia (the most populous Islamic country), Iran, Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt’s leading Islamic authority, Al-Azhar, the Organization of the Islamic […]