The Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar revealed that it has resisted a surprise attack by armed militias allied with other militias that are believed to be loyal to the government of national accord that is headed by Faiz Al-Siraj and backed by the United Nations Mission. The s
Ankara reiterated the order of its priorities in Syria, and the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that overthrowing the head of the Syrian regime Bashar Al-Assad is not a priority for it. He added that operation Euphrates Shield in which Turkey supports Free Syrian Army fighters in norther
Ankara- Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek announced that Turkey aims to achieve 5% growth in 2018 and 2019 while its inflation rate reached 7.5% for this year. In his keynote before the Committee on Plan and Budget that discusses the new budget of the country, Simsek expected budget defici
British media has shown a clear bias for Iran while conveying statements made by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, in which he accused a number of Middle Eastern countries of ‘playing proxy wars.’ The Guardian newspaper and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported what Johnson said
Moscow- Russian President Vladimir Putin took a decision to cut Russia’s oil production, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. “The president had personal contacts and the decision was made personally by the president on the basis of the consensus reached with the heads of those oil
Dammam- The participation of Saudi Arabian women in 2015 in municipal councils has been an important development in the country’s history, emphasized in a significant and unprecedented participation in the electoral process and the acquisition of many seats through appointment or elections. Twelve m
Washington – President-elect Donald Trump picked General John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security, to be the third military general appointed by Trump to a post in his Cabinet. President-elect previously named Lieutenant Gen Michael Flynn to be his national security advisor, and retire
Tel Aviv-Associate General Secretary for the World Council of Churches for Public Witness and Diakonia Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri from Malawi was banned on Monday from entering Israel after landing at Ben-Gurion Airport. The Christian theologian was refused entry in Israel for alleged involvement in act
Aden-Yemeni authorities, with the help of Arab Coalition forces, have rescued 35 passengers of a cargo vessel that sank off the island and the search is in progress to find more survivors. A vessel carrying at least 60 people, including women and children, sank off the island’s Qalansiyah town on Mo
Washington- The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the U.S.A. have declared readiness to consider additional restrictive measures against supporters of Head of Syrian Regime Bashar al-Assad regarding the situation in Aleppo. The six Western countries led a call Wednesday for an im
Islamabad – All 47 people on board the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight that crashed near Abbottabad on Wednesday were killed, confirmed Pakistani officials. Civil Aviation Authority reported that all passengers were killed, while Army said it had recovered the bodies of 21 persons from
Riyadh – Two months following the first meeting of the “Joint Saudi-Japanese 2030 Vision Group”, a high-ranking Japanese official said that discussions were underway to promote cooperation between the two countries in the field of energy and water desalination. Kasutuyuchi Ishikawa, advisor at the J
Israel’s military attacked Wednesday morning Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, in what appeared to be the second air strike by Israel inside Syrian territory in less than a week. In an unprecedented statement, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, said: “Israel works to preserve the security
Baghdad, London – Iraq’s parliament approved the 2017 budget on Wednesday, lawmakers said, with total of $68 billion basing an oil price of $42 per barrel and exports of 3.75 million barrels per day (bpd), including 250,000 bpd from oilfields in the Kurdish controlled region. The deficit was f
Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received a telephone call from Mauritius’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Housing and Territories and Minister of Islamic Affairs and Pilgrimage Shaukat Sudhn. During the telephon
Manama- The Gulf Cooperation Council and the United Kingdom announced on Wednesday the launching of a strategic partnership in the different fields of political, economic, defense, security and trade cooperation. A communiqué was issued at the end of the first GCC-UK Summit held in Bahrain on the si
A U.N. rights watchdog called on Sri Lanka on Wednesday to investigate “routine torture” of detainees by security forces and rebuked its government for failing to prosecute war crimes committed during the country’s 26-year civil war. The Sri Lankan military finally vanquished the s
After a plane carrying 48 passengers crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday eye witnesses said there were unlikely to be any survivors. At least 40 have been reportedly killed. Military units said 40 bodies had been recovered and rescue efforts involved about 500 soldiers, doctors
United States President-elect Donald Trump announce plans to nominate retired Marine General John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday, making him the third general sought for a high-level job in the new administration. Kel
Security authorities in Aden, the temporary capital of Yemen, announced that they had apprehended a terrorist cell made up of eight people who were involved in assassinating security personnel in different parts of the city that is located in the south of the country. Aden’s security department ment
