Tunisia – The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism is preparing to launch campaigns to promote tourism in most European markets by the end of June 2017, with a budget of 23.7 Million Dinars (MD) (approximately $9 million). A presentation on the preparations for the tourist season 2017 presented at a C
Beirut – Sixty years after first presenting his film, “Towards the Unknown” (“Ila Ayn?”) at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the “father of Lebanese cinema” Georges Nasser, 90, once again walked the red carpet on Thursday. In emotional scenes, the crowd at the red carpet gave him a minutes-long standi
British police said they arrested two men during raids Saturday in connection with the Manchester concert suicide bombing earlier this week, with a “large part” of the network behind the attack, which left 22 people dead, now being held. The two men, aged 20 and 22, were arrested early S
Hundreds of civilians are fleeing two cities held by ISIS in eastern Syria after a series of deadly air strikes that killed dozens, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday. The Observatory, a Britain-based monitor, said a “large-scale displacement” was underway from the cit
Paris – The appointment of Edouard Philippe, mayor of the French coastal city of Le Havre in the Normandy region, as the prime minister of the first government under new President Emmanuel Macron did not come as a surprise. This politician, who abandoned his parliamentary seat to dedicate himself to
Taiz – Civilians in Taiz woke up to the death of three journalists and the injury of two others, who all were targeted by Houthi and Saleh militias on Friday. Wael al-Absi, Takieddin al-Hutheifi and Saad al-Nithari, three cameramen, were killed while covering the ongoing battles around the Cer
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday ended a 40-day hunger strike over their conditions in Israeli jails under a deal brokered by the Red Cross, the Israel Prisons Service and a Palestinian official said. About 1,100 inmates had initially taken part in one of the largest such hunger strikes
Jeddah – The Yemeni government is willing to establish a center to take care of children captives who were recruited by Houthi insurgents. The purpose of the center is to rehabilitate the children after the great damage caused to them due to being obliged to carry out military affairs unsuitab
A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in Afghanistan on Saturday and fighting between militants and security forces left at least 36 people dead on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, officials said. “A suicide car bomb in Khost province has killed 18 people and wounded six oth
Jeddah- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has said that the kingdom since the era of the founder King Abdulaziz has been keen on supporting the unity of Muslims and Arabs. On the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan, King Salman said:“We thank Allah fo
London- The head of the National Syrian Coalition, Riad Seif, has sent a letter to 30 countries backing the opposition, asking them to “remove” Iran’s militias from Syria, and urging the international community to designate the Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist organization. In the letter that
Beirut – Six members of the military were wounded on Friday when an ISIS militant blew himself against a Lebanese army patrol while trying to evade capture. Bilal Ibrahim Breidy blew himself in the northeastern border town of Arsal, lightly wounding some of the military intelligence members, said an
Ankara, Beirut – Ankara hinted on Friday it could attack US forces in the northeast of Syria if Washington continues to provide Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) with weapons. The Turkish position came while the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes YPG members and Arab fighters
Manama- Information Affairs Minister Ali bin Mohammed Al-Romaihi said he was “proud of the brotherly and honorable Saudi and Gulf positions, and the support of the sisterly and friendly states to the Kingdom of Bahrain concerning the legal steps taken to protect its security and stability and the sa
London – While Iraqi military sources warned on Friday from an imminent offensive in the Old City of Mosul, trapped civilians in the area were facing difficult choices on how to evacuate. Iraqi forces asked residents to leave the Old City using the “safe corridors” that are designed for this p
Tripoli – The Libyan Navy announced on Friday that it had rescued at least 20 boats that had been transporting thousands of migrants to Europe. They had departed Libya from the city of Sabratha and were headed to Italy. “Large rescue and interception operations are under way,” navy spoke
Cairo- A terrorist attack struck Egypt and its Coptic Christians again on Friday leaving 29 people, mostly children, dead and dozens injured when armed men intercepted a bus transporting Christians to the Saint Samuel monastery in Minya province. An interior ministry official said that the assailant
Three senior ISIS military leaders and planners were killed in US-led coalition attacks in Iraq and Syria over the past two months, the coalition fighting the militants said in a statement released by the Pentagon on Friday. Mustafa Gunes, an ISIS operative from Turkey, was killed in an air strike i
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center announced signing a Ramadan food aid project for Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon, benefiting 90,000 refugees. The program will be regulated and realized in cooperation with a local civil society organization. It will help provide R
An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation of the armed attack in Minya province in Egypt, killing and wounding dozens of innocent people, said the Saudi state-run news agency SPA. Gunmen had attacked buses and a truc
