Controversy has recently been headlining the situation for Jabhat Fateh al-Sham forces in northwestern Syria, especially after authority overwhelmingly ordering a merger among all armed factions. Uniting all extremist factions raised fears among international watchdogs regarding the durability of th
London – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades. “The Queen does not yet feel ready to attend church as
London and Ramallah – Archbishop of Jerusalem Hilarion Capucci passed away at the age of 94 in exile in Italian Capital of Rome on Sunday. The official Palestinian Wafa news agency quoted President Mahmoud Abbas who mourned the late Archbishop describing him as a martyr for Jerusalem and a “brave fi
Ankara – At least 39 people were killed, including 15 of Arab nationalities, when a gunman opened fire on New Year celebrators at a crowded nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday. “We were having fun. All of a sudden people started to run. My husband said don’t be afraid,
Tunisia- The poverty rate in Tunisia was down from 20.5% to 15.2% in the period extending from 2010 to 2015, as per a quinquennial survey on consumption made public by Hédi Saidi, the general director of the National Institute of Statistics. “From 2010 to 2015, the poverty rate went from 42.3% to 30
Ramallah – Iran has always bragged about providing different Palestinian resistance forces with unlimited and unconditional support; it has claimed that the Palestinian Cause is a priority to build relations with other parties. These claims justify Tehran’s cold relation with the Palestinian A
Manama – A terrorist cell of four or five members, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, was involved in an attack on the Reformation and Rehabilitation Centre (Jau) at approximately 5:30 am on Sunday. Ten inmates, all convicted in previous terrorist cases, escaped the prison. Ministry of Interio
Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received a message from Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait at al-Yamamah Palace on Sunday. The message was conveyed to the King by Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minis
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has ordered the treatment and transfer of two Syrian children, Ammar Mustafa Sahin and Ahmad Majid Alordan, from Rihaniyya city in the Republic of Turkey to Prince Sultan Medical
Naby Keïta (RB Leipzig, 21) Keïta was relatively unheralded outside Austria when he left RB Salzburg – to all intents a sister club to Leipzig – in the summer after a two-year stay but he had already been named the country’s player of the year and cannot be a million miles from a similar honour [&he
Dubai- “Challenging” is how Nestlé Middle East CEO Yves Manghardt described business during the past year for the Swiss multinational food and beverage company. The $250bn company, which is celebrating its 150-year anniversary, reported an 8.9 percent decline in first-half net profit to $5.6bn, desp
A gunman opened fire on New Year celebrators at a crowded nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday and fled the scene after killing the death of at least 39 people, including many foreigners. Some people jumped into the Bosphorus waters to save themselves after the at
London – Keep the French “in the dark” and raise “three cheers!” to our American allies emerge as recurrent themes in top secret documents debating how to secure advanced military technology during the 1980s. Files released to the National Archives in Kew on Friday show how UK ministers favore
Beirut- A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight held Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has disregarded high-level peace initiatives for over five years. In a statement issued by a coalition of 1
Riyadh – King Salman finishes his second year in office on Sunday as Saudi Arabia’s seventh monarch, according to Islamic calendar. During this time, he proved in planning a state with institutionalized and modern law, run by the second and third generation in kingdom’s ruling while maintaining the
Taiz – Yemen bids farewell to 2016 with its territories controlled by different parties, while the legitimate forces succeeded in liberating some regions, other parts have remained under the control of Houthis and supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh. The map of control of Yemeni territories: Azal
Oman joining the Islamic Military Coalition will definitely be mentioned as one of the most important events witnessed by Gulf arena in 2016. The importance does not lie in the addition of another Islamic state to the coalition, which includes 41 of them, noting that the coalition’s military potenti
This is the first day of the new year, and it will be like any other day of the previous years. Hundreds of thousands, and maybe millions of Syrians will spend their sad winter nights in the cold, with little to eat and few covers to keep them warm. There are millions of others who […]
Beirut – General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim announced that a new mediator will be involved in the case of the nine Lebanese soldiers abducted by ISIS in August 2014. One of the soldiers’ fathers revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the new agent was assigned to mediate in the case
Washington – Hours after President Elect Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, angry responses were announced from leaders of both the Democratic and Republican Party. Earlier Friday, Putin said Moscow would not expel 35 American diplomats in response to U.S. sanctions against Russi
