Tunis- Three Tunisians, who have been deported from Germany, were taken into custody by Tunisian authorities as part of a migrant deal reached between the two countries, Tunisian prosecution spokesman Sofiene Sliti said. Sliti said Friday the Tunisian authorities will question the three men, one of
Beirut – The Kurdish scene is appearing ever more divided today since the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, leaving major changes on the ground in northern Syria and causing the displacement of around 40 million Kurds. Spread over Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia, Kurds are considere
London- The International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ) has published its new report jointly prepared with European Iraqi Freedom Association (EIFA) titled “Destructive role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in the Middle East.” The study established that the IRGC is directl
Cairo-In an attempt to curb the uncontrollable fatwas that are sweeping Egyptian media, the Egyptian Parliament is preparing to face clerics issuing such fatwas on social media with a number of laws. “The Egyptian parliament is currently discussing three laws to control this phenomenon,” said source
A dispute between Ankara and The Hague over a rally in support of a Turkish referendum grew on Saturday after a plane carrying Turkey’s foreign minister was barred from landing in the Netherlands, drawing a warning by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the p
Moscow, Ankara- Syrian updates were a major part in the discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Moscow on Friday. While Putin called for field truce until reaching radical solutions, his guest focused on the importance of confronting P
Washington – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday that he had advised President Donald Trump to send detainees from US wars to Guantanamo Bay Prison, which he deemed a “very fine place.” He said that placing the prisoners in the wartime prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was m
New York- The United Nations refugee agency has called for international support after tens of thousands of people in Yemen were forced to flee their homes in the past six weeks. “More than 62,000 have been reported to be displaced within the last six weeks,” UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler said
Ramallah – Donald Trump invited on Friday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit the White House “soon” during a telephone call between them, the first with the Palestinian leader since Trump’s election as US president. The invitation marks an important shift in his policy towards the Palestin
President Donald Trump’s revamped travel ban is facing more legal challenges as the American Civil Liberties Union filed on Friday a complaint on behalf of several refugee assistance groups following a lawsuit backed by several US states. “Putting a new coat of paint on the Muslim ban do
Washington- This week marks the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson on the Iranian island of Kish. Acknowledging the anniversary Thursday, both the FBI and the White House released statements that pledged to do more to find the missing American. “Bob went missin
Al-Bab, Syria- On the walls of a former ISIS jail in the city of al-Bab, Syrian detainees whiled away endless months by scrawling phrases and poems, praying for freedom or bidding farewell to loved ones. One former prisoner of the jihadists, Khalifah al-Khidr, returned to his cell two weeks after th
Mosul- Iraqi special forces battling ISIS have pushed deeper into west Mosul, where jihadist resistance is showing signs of weakening under repeated assaults. But the battle for Mosul’s Old City — which could see some of the toughest fighting of the operation — has not yet begun. I
Mosul-The elegant columns of a west Mosul church stand plastered with ISIS propaganda after the jihadists’ infamous religious police took over the Christian place of worship. The sign above the door of Um al-Mauna (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in Iraq’s second city reads “Chaldean
Niger has begun the trials of some 1,000 suspected fighters from the ultra-hardline Boko Haram group, officials said Friday. Those to be tried are nationals from several countries including Niger and Mali, Samna said, as well as neighboring Nigeria where Boko Haram’s deadly insurgency began in
United States President Donald Trump is expected to consult Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US officials said on Friday. “My expectation is that they’ll have a very positive, cordial meeting,” said one of the officials, who s
New York- WikiLeaks this week published a trove of documents that appears to detail how the Central Intelligence Agency successfully hacked a wide variety of tech products, including iPhones, Android devices, Wi-Fi routers and Samsung televisions. That’s just about every major category of consumer e
A man wanted for engaging in terror activities was killed in a police shootout in Saudi Arabia’s Qatif region. A police officer was also reportedly wounded in action in the Eastern Province, the interior ministry said on Friday. The incident in the oil-rich region late on Thursday saw the suspect op
Danny Cowley takes a deep breath and anticipates the moment when he will lead the first non-league football club in 103 years into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. “Facing Arsenal at the Emirates?” the Lincoln City manager says quietly just after eight o’clock at night in an empty Sincil Bank stadi
Jeddah – Saudi Agriculture Undersecretary Dr. Adel Duaiji confirmed that expert companies submitted requests to the ministry in order to invest in alternative energy. Most of the investments pitched involve the water and agriculture sectors, which currently are fuel dependent. The ministry sup
