Turkey on Tuesday said the US arming of a Kurdish militia force deemed a terror group by Ankara was “extremely dangerous”, a day after Washington announced that it started distributing arms to the militia. The Pentagon on Tuesday said it had begun to transfer small arms and vehicles to t
Dammam- A police patrol was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED) in al-Awamiya, leaving two security officials injured and causing damages to the vehicle. The terrorist act happened two weeks after a security armored vehicle was targeted with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). Security Sp
Beirut – With the end of the Lebanese Parliament’s ordinary cycle on Wednesday, attention is focused on the session scheduled by Speaker Nabih Berri on June 5, which is expected to witness disagreements over “authorities” and the interpretation of the Constitution by President Michel Aoun and Speake
Beirut-The Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC) has convened a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian during a visit to Paris where it also met with UN Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura, two weeks after its meetings in Berlin following the last round of t
Beirut-The Syrian regime has called for reinforcements from its forces and an Iranian militia to the axes of the “Triangle of Death” that links Daraa to Quneitra and Damascus in preparation for a broad attack on areas under control of the opposition, trying to regain what it had lost during the late
Riyadh- Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia Dr. Tawfiq al-Sudairy confirmed that the kingdom’s strict intolerance and criminalization of terrorist organizations, including the Muslim Brotherhood, played a great part in raising community awareness. Dangers presented by these terror or
Riyadh– Yemeni Industry and Trade Minister Mohamed al-Maitami said that the public sector was a major part in Yemen’s recovery and reconstruction program, noting that possible resources of a value of $88 billion have been dedicated to this sector to assume a key role in the implementation of rebuild
A powerful bomb exploded in the morning rush hour in the Afghan capital’s diplomatic quarter on Wednesday, killing and wounding hundreds of people. The explosion, one of the deadliest in Kabul and coming at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, occurred close to the fortified entrance to the Germa
Ramallah- Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Marwan al-Barghouthi has vowed that the recently ended hunger strike was a “turning point” in the Palestinian prisoners’ relationship with Israeli prison officials. The Fatah leader, in a statement he issued on Tuesday, warned Israeli authorities that
A Russian warship and submarine have fired four cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at ISIS positions around the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday. The strike, which Russian news agencies said was the first of its kind since November, was carried
London- The British government has organized a campaign to celebrate Ramadan and launched it on social media platforms to reach Muslims in Britain and abroad. Reports and news on the Holy Month will be published on the British foreign ministry’s Arabic social media outlets and will also be shared wi
Ankara- Tourist arrivals rose 18 percent from a year ago to just over 2 million in April, the Turkish tourism ministry has said. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that tourists from Germany and Russia topped the list of foreign visitors in April. The number of tourists visiting Turkey fell
Washington, Berlin- US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently have been fighting a war of words as tensions escalate to unprecedented measures between the two countries. After the G7 summit concluded in Sicily, and with the absence of a Trump statement on the Paris Clima
Rabat- The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has urged Morocco and Algeria for “prompt action” to provide safe passage for more than 40 Syrian refugees trapped since mid-April in no-man’s land between the two countries. “Prompt action by both governments is needed in facilitating the immediate a
Kuwait, London- Since its release three days ago, an anti-violence ad launched by Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain to celebrate Ramadan went viral on the internet. The video reached over 1.3 million views on YouTube. The three-minute video features the journey of a suicide bomber who prepares his suicid
Garut, London- In a daring step, and a change in the stereotypical image of Muslim girls, the “VOP” or “Noisy Voices” band is made up of three girls. However, with their heads covered with Islamic headscarves, the members of the band do not look like your typical heavy metal group. Formed in 2014, t
New York – The United Nations has warned that Yemen was heading towards “total collapse”, stressing that the Yemeni people were facing a triple threat, represented by war, famine and the cholera outbreak. Speaking during a Security Council briefing on the situation in the country, UN Special Envoy t
Beirut- Graffiti has remarkably invaded Lebanon’s streets. Graffiti drawings appeared in many regions on the walls of buildings to replace the gloom of cement with the joy of colors. Tripoli was among the Lebanese cities colored with the magic stick of graffiti recently, when the governor of the Nor
Riyadh- Russian-Saudi talks held between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minster Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz addressed bilateral ties, political stances and economic agreement regarding oil policy. Speaking from the Kremlin, Putin announced o
The train station next to the concert venue that was the scene of last week’s suicide bombing in the British city of Manchester reopened on Tuesday, the first time since the attack that left 22 people dead. A flood of tributes had poured in over the victims of the bombing that struck Britain’s
