Tel Aviv-The Palestinian Authority has approved the Egyptian initiative to convene a regional and international summit in Cairo to revive the talks between Israel and the Palestinians, according to political sources in Israel. The sources confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen
Tel Aviv- Although the Israeli people dislike former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, his latest statements against PM Benjamin Netanyahu are going viral. Some officials are requesting to debrief the premier after being accused of missing a great chance to get a first of its kind U.S. financial and qualit
Erbil-Kurdish officials expressed reservations at Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s calls for the Peshmerga to stop its progress in the Nineveh province amid accusations that the Kurdish forces are attempting to seize land with the objective of declaring their independent state under the pretex
Aden, Riyadh- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) released figures that reveal the rise in forced displacement across Yemen. The conflict has now uprooted 3,154,572 people which include 2,205,102 individuals who remain displace
North Carolina-Donald Trump made a rare act of contrition this week. He did speak with a teleprompter and veered from the invisible screens, saying he regretted offending people with his harsh way of speaking. Some of his supporters, who attended the North Carolina rally where the Republican preside
London-Deputy Minister of Health Ali Akbar Sayyari said that 30 percent of Iranians are suffering from hunger although the Iranian Ministry of Health refused to publish “confidential” data mentioned in the latest ministry report on social threats. Sayyari explained that statistics carried out by the
Beirut-The Syrian opposition has warned that escalated conflicts between the Syrian regime and Kurdish militias in Hasakah might lead to civil war. Syrian regime jets pounded U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria for a second day on Friday, even after the U.S.-led coalition scrambled jets
She may not need another advantage, but Hillary Clinton has one in the final 12 weeks of the presidential race: surrogates. These are prominent backers who can drum up support, enthusiasm and money. The Democratic nominee’s leading surrogates include two U.S. presidents, a vice president, a po
London-Oil prices dipped on Friday, edging back from eight-week highs, amid speculation that there would be a deal next month on a production freeze. Brent crude was down 24 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $50.67 per barrel by 1:33 p.m. EDT (1733 GMT). The session peak was $51.22, the highest since June 2
Jeddah-Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov arrived in Jeddah on Thursday night in a visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, he was received by a number of official
London, Washington-The United States has acknowledged that it waited for Iran to release American prisoners before delivering $400 million in cash that it owed the country, but again insisted the payment was not ransom. “With concerns that Iran may renege on the prisoner release… we of c
Geneva-The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has stressed the importance of humanitarian and voluntary work to provide relief to those who need help in different parts of the world. The Kingdom, which has 200 charitable organization and volunteering platform inside and abroad, confirmed its continuity of huma
Jeddah-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued on Friday five royal orders, under which Dr. Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Issa Al-Shuaibi, Director General of the Institute of Public Administration, was relieved of his post. Dr. Mushabab bin Aaidh bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani was
Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow’s augmentation of military efforts in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran. Russian air power had helped Syrian head of regime Bashar
Yemen’s Vice President Ali Mohsen Saleh Al-Ahmar said that the country’s national army supported by Popular Resistance forces, and the Saudi-led coalition forces, made substantial progress on the battlefield in the governorate of Taiz, south-west of the country. The pro-legitimacy forces are fightin
U.S.-led coalition aircraft were sent near the northeastern city of Hasaka, Syria to protect coalition ground forces in response to an earlier bombing by Syrian jets on August 18, a Pentagon official said on Friday. On the other hand ISIS combatants have evacuated their families from a Syrian town a
Amnesty International reported the deaths of more than 17,000 prisoners in the Syrian regime’s prisons during a period of five years. The organisation documented “horror stories” about torture that includes scalding with hot water and beating detainees to death. In its report on torture and de
More than 17 years after his death, the man who led the mullahs to power in Iran, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, is still at the center of the post-revolution debate that has divided Iranians to the point of inciting some to violence against each other. Last week the debate over Khomeini’s decade in p
Najran-Governor of Najran Prince Jelawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed expressed condolences for the families of the seven martyrs and the citizens following Tuesday’s attack on Najran. He carried these condolences in the name of Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown P
The video of the Syrian child from Aleppo Omran Daqneesh who was pulled out of the rubble alive reminds us of the crimes and deliberate genocide that are committed every day in Syria by Bashar Al-Assad’s regime and Iran which are supported by Russia and militias such as the Lebanese Hezbollah.
