London – Travel being an unlikely activity for Syrians, and crossing borders all the more difficult and complicated, a local transport company sought to provide an unprecedented initiative in hopes of rebooting tourism, reported a pro-regime media outlet. The vacation industry has been close t
Luka Milivojevic, Crystal Palace The 25-year-old Serb has joined Palace from Olympiakos for a fee in the region of £12m and has been signed primarily to add extra steel and security in front of Sam Allardyce’s back four, although six goals in 17 appearances for the Greek champions this season is a m
New York- U.S. refiners are facing the prospects of weakening gasoline demand for the first time in five years, stoking fears that earnings this year may be even worse than the dismal performances seen in 2016. The sign of weakening U.S. gasoline demand comes as U.S. refiners are in the midst of rep
Cairo- Egypt’s Council of Senior Islamic Scholars rejected on Sunday Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s suggestion that legislation be adopted to invalidate the practice of Muslim men verbally divorcing their wives. The council validated the verbal divorce without witnesses or doc
Brussels- NATO has begun training Iraqi soldiers on how to neutralize bombs planted by ISIS jihadist group, the alliance said Sunday. About thirty soldiers are taking part in the first five-week course on countering the deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs). According to Agence France Presse, a
Mosul- Cash-strapped jihadists punching holes in people’s homes to move across west Mosul undetected are now asking victims to pay for the labor, several residents said Sunday. The fee is a modest 7,000 Iraqi dinars (around five US dollars) but adds insult to injury, said residents of Mosul
Those who are waiting for the first signs of cooperation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should keep an eye on Libya. The scene of an open rivalry between the European Union and Russia could suddenly turn on Trump, who could turn to Putin. Libya is important
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz said that preserving Arab and Islamic identity is one of the Kingdom’s top priorities. King Salman received at Al-Yamamah palace on Sunday writers and intellectuals participating in the National Festival for Heritage and Cult
Riyadh – Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi received Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence at his residence in Riyadh on Sunday. The Yemeni president expressed gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosqu
Tunisia- Tunisian media has reported names of many celebrities from both genders who have left the country to join ISIS and other extremist groups in Libya, Syria, and Iraq. Many poor and unemployed youths have also left their neighborhoods and cities for the same purpose. While security and politic
Kuwait – Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim denied reports about a political crisis in the country, in the wake of some MPs interpellation of Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. The speaker said that a
Abu Dhabi- United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Jordan’s Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi discussed UAE-Jordanian ties. During the meeting, they exchanged points of view on the latest updat
New Delhi – An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg, will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed, 36, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman in the world, was unable to move for the past 25 years. From his part, Bariatric Su
Beirut – With the start of the countdown for the constitutional deadlines linked to Lebanon’s parliamentary elections expected next May, the mission to agree on a new electoral law does not seem an easy task in light of the disputes among political parties, each supporting a format that suits
Moscow- Two weeks after indirect talks were held in the Kazakh capital between delegations from the Syrian opposition factions and the regime, countries sponsoring the Astana meeting on Syria are expected to convene in the same place on Monday to hold technical talks on a Syrian settlement in the pr
Erbil, London- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Sunday that Kheirallah Ahmadi Far, one of its commanders linked to the Nabi al-Akram Corps, was killed during battles with ISIS near the Iraqi city of Tal Afar west of Mosul. The commander was operating in the area as an advisor to the Popular
“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.” (Joseph Fort Newton) As the world holds its breath awaiting more shocking ‘orders’ from the new U.S. president Donald Trump, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani came up, perhaps, with the most eloquent criticism on Trump’s insistence of building a separ
Bagdad, Erbil- Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), is carrying out local and regional visits – Hakim and his accompanying delegate arrived to Kurdistan on Saturday where he was received at the airport by Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nijirfan B
Rabat- Morocco’s Environment Minister in the caretaker government Hakima El Haite stated that she has assigned members of the Environmental Police to investigate the issue of “Ukraine wastes”. Some Moroccan media such as Ukrinform newspaper published news on Morocco importing more than USD215
London – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, achieving with that one of his campaign promises. The Obama administration implemented the measures to reform Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis
