In response to the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Aid has transferred 16 Yemenis from Taiz to Sudan to receive treatment. The second group of wounded Yemenis from the governorate of Taiz left Aden Inte
Taiz- Making new advances, Yemen’s army units announced freeing new locations at the key coastal area of Mocha from the control of coup militias and that were packed by Iran-aligned Houthis. Located in the Taiz governorate, Mocha city has long been exploited by militants to smuggle arms. Coup militi
Brussels – The European Union (EU) announced on Friday the one-year extension of the economic sanctions imposed on the Former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, his wife, as well as 46 others. The approval was granted from EU without any discussions. The resolution will be published i
The controversy surrounding the election of Donald Trump as US president made many outside America have another look at how its electoral system works. However, controversy is surely not limited to America; it extends to Lebanon, a faraway small country that boasts being an ‘institutional democratic
Baghdad, Irbil- Intense fighting broke out between the mostly Shi’ite Popular Mobilization forces (PMF) and Kurdish Peshmerga militants based in west Sinjar, a city in Mosul in northern Iraq. This comes off as the first registered encounter between the two groups since the launch of the Mosul offens
London- It is likely that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will appoint cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermaniin to replace former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the leadership of Expediency Discernment Council, informed Iranian sources said. In the past two weeks, dis
Two United Nations agencies called on the Trump administration on Saturday to keep on offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, describing its resettlement program as vital. The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the long-standing U.S.
Tripoli- Libya faces today a grand-scale power shortage, as its capital Tripoli drowns in darkness, many citizens resort to primitive ways for heat, light and daily activities. Charcoal and wood have been used to compensate for the 77 percent deficiency that the overall power network suffers. Incess
Rabat- Moroccan authorities said on Friday that the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation succeeded in thwarting a terrorist attack by ISIS, leading to the arrest of a seven-member terrorist cell. The group had ties with commanders of ISIS in Syria, Iraq and Libya and had set up a hideout in El-J
Beirut- The Amal Movement that is headed by Speaker Nabih Berri and its ally “Hezbollah” succeeded lately in pushing for the adoption of a draft law that extends the term of Lebanon’s Higher Shi’ite Islamic Council. The law stipulates the extension of the terms of both the legislative and executive
Barcelona- Amid remarkable concerns on the survival of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the meeting of the union’s ministers of foreign affairs or their representatives in Barcelona came to adopt a roadmap for the sake of the region. The roadmap stressed three main goals: contributing to the r
New York – The U.N. Security Council is studying an international report on the possible involvement of the youngest son of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in illegal financial transfers, diplomatic sources said in New York. The report shows willingness to add Khaled Saleh to the li
Washington- During his first visit to the Pentagon on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump asked for drafting a plan on new options to attack ISIS militants operating in Syria and Iraq, to be presented within 30 days. Sources at the Pentagon said that the options being studied include expanding the p
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, who arrived on Friday to King Salman Air Base Airport in Riyadh, coming from abroad, following a private vacation. The prince was received, also, by Prince Sattam Bin Saud, Prin
Yanbu- The historic “Night Market” in Yanbu city, in western Saudi Arabia, resumed its activities after it was inaugurated by Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) in a ceremony attended by Prince Faisal bin Salman of Medina, chairman o
President Trump’s embrace of Israel poses an unlikely dilemma for leaders of the Jewish state: They have to decide what they want from America, and on that question, there’s sharp disagreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved to seize the Trump moment Tuesday by announcing that Israel plans
The government of Yemen yesterday accused the Houthis and militias loyal to the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh of bombing 299 mosques in the country. The Yemeni Minister of Endowments Dr Ahmed Attiya said this during a meeting that he held with the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia who is also the he
United States Senator John McCain made clear comments on rising speculation that President Donald Trump is considering lifting sanctions on Russia, said he hoped the administration would reject that “reckless course.” “If he does not, I will work with my colleagues to codify sancti
Yemeni Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Obaid bin Dagher expressed his direct and deep regret on coup militias having unwarrantedly taken over YR 300 billion in customs, taxes and excesses. Profits of telecommunications, tobacco, cigarettes and cement factories were exploited as well. Militants fighting in
London- Iranian member at the Expediency Discernment Council of the System Ali Akbar Nategh-Nuri harshly criticized the overt escalation of tensions among political factions in the country. “It will not lead to a solution, or serve the people’s best interest,” Nategh-Nuri said. On the other hand, In
