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US Secretary of state John Kerry has embarked on a tour in Gulf States to try to sell the July 14 Vienna pact signed between Iran and the world powers. John Kerry made his first stop in Egypt on Sunday where he told the Egyptian President Abdel Fettah al-Sisi that an Iran without the nuclear […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani argued on Sunday that the July 14 historic pact with world powers was significant and would help bring solutions to on-going and brutal wars taking place in Syria and Yemen. Hassan Rouhani told the Iranians in a televised speech that the region will be a better place to live after his […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia demonstrated Thursday their shared determination to close cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the quest for stability in the Middle East region. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi received Saudi deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman who was invited to the military academy graduation in Cairo. Both leaders re-iterated resolve to strengthen […]
Algeria is closely monitoring its citizens planning to travel to countries like Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon and Sudan after it became clear that those who plan to join Islamist extremist groups like the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda tend to pass through other countries in order to cover their traces. Most of these […]
Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s current official visit to France climaxed with the signing of multi-billion dollar agreements, primarily in the military field as Saudi Arabia, which plays a leading role in the Gulf, is enhancing its military arsenal with more weapons purchases. Prince Salman and President Hollande presided over the signing […]
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed Salman flew to France on Tuesday at the invitation of France for bilateral cooperation exchange following his two-day visit to Russia. Few days after he visited President Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince who is also Minister of Defense headed to France on Tuesday to discuss with President […]
Former and first democratically elected president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi appeared on Sunday in court in execution uniform for another trial on charges of leaking secret documents to Qatar. Ten other Muslim Brotherhood members are facing the same charge. Morsi has allegedly used his position to leak classified documents to Qatar, with the help of […]
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, has opened Monday for the first time its stock market to foreign investors in a bid to attract more international capital to help the country diversify its economy and reduce its heavy dependence on oil. The stock market liberalization move comes following the sharp fall in oil prices […]
Over 50 foreign ministers from the Islamic Cooperation are meeting in the Kuwait capital to address approaches and sustainable solutions that will help stem terrorism, hate speech, radicalism in the Muslim world. The two-day event will kick off on May 27 and close on May 28 in Kuwait. This year marks the 42th edition of […]
Defense ministers and army chiefs of staff of Arab countries met lately in Cairo to discuss the project of setting up a joint military force to be deployed to defend common interest and ward off terror threats. The idea to create a joint Arab army came up after Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies formed […]