Baghdad – Iraqi prominent leader Osama Al-Nujaifi said that his government has held several meetings with the Turkish government, before and after the failed coup against President Recep Tayyib Erdogan. During an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, Al-Nujaifi said that the meet
Washington-A document that has been published by the American Civil Liberties Union reveals that U.S. President Barack Obama selects drone targets in areas outside war zones. The partially redacted document was released as a result of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, which has long sparred with the go
Cairo- Forces of the Government of National Accord in Libya said that the final stage of military operations against ISIS remnants in Sirte has commenced. The Sunday Times unveiled a new mission that was carried out by Elite British Forces operating in Libya against ISIS via a high-tech weapon calle
Tel Aviv – Three weeks after the Russian drone entered the Golan Heights airspace, Moscow admitted to the incident saying that it belonged to the Russian forces stationed in Syria. A high-ranking Israeli source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the drone had crossed into the Israeli airspac
Kabul-Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president and current antagonist to his successor’s government, likes to describe Afghan politics as a marathon. To the long roll call of visitors he meets each day — regional power brokers and elders, government officials, religious leaders, well-wishers who re
Manama – Bahraini General Persecution has declared the suspension of a Friday prayers imam for defaming the constitutional regime in the kingdom during a Friday prayer sermon. Security forces also arrested a number of citizens who participated in an illegal gathering in Duraz village. Chief of Muhar
As Jaap Stam strolls into a bland portable building at Reading’s training ground, the memories start flooding back. The 6ft 3in Dutchman was part of the Manchester United furniture: an unforgiving, aggressive and old-fashioned central defender. Those days, during which Stam won the Champions League,
Basra-Hundreds of Iraqis from the southern district of Zubair held a protest on Sunday on a road leading to oil fields to ask for job opportunities. The protesters tried to block access to some oil fields in the area managed by UK’s British Petroleum and Italian oil firm Eni to press their demand fo
Riyadh-Yemen’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdulaziz al-Jabari said on Sunday that the United Nations special envoy for Yemen was “unfair for failing to point out at the rebels as the party that hampered the peace talks in Kuwait.” During an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, Jabari said that the r
Tangier-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at his residence in Tangier, Morocco, on Saturday Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, prince of Qatar. The two parties reviewed close ties between the two brotherly countries and ways to further develop and strengthen
Istanbul- Istanbul’s Yenikapi Square was covered on Sunday by a sea of white and red, the colors of Turkey’s flag, when millions gathered from several political spectrum and affiliations at the “Democracy and Martyrs’ Rally.” Turkey’s Istanbul witnessed on Sunday a massive rally that President
London-Remarks made by British finance officials, who have participated in consultations held with the Treasury and the newly created Brexit department, have revealed that the government has begun considering leaving the single market for the first time. A series of discussions have been held betwee
Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation announced that it would launch Masters of Arts program in Modern Arabic Studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). UAB Rector Margarita Abroix said that the MA program will be part of the European Higher Education programs adopted by the Sp
Beirut-The opposition factions’ success in breaking the siege of Aleppo has changed the military balance on the ground with hopes that such advance could reflect on the negotiations expected to be held in Geneva end of August. Sporadic fighting continued in south Aleppo on Sunday after regime forces
How did popular speech breach the British society and isolate it from its European entourage? We used to think that the hypocrite, miserable, and misleading speech only succeeds in our communities that suffer from social and cultural relapse and need a lot of development. But the fact that this rhet
Baltimore- When Madiha Algothany and her family, Syrian refugees who had fled to Jordan, arrived in the United States in June, they braced for rejection from a new culture and country they feared did not want them. They knew that, like Donald J. Trump, many Americans wanted to stop Muslims from comi
Baghdad-At a time when Parliament Speaker Salim Jabouri confirmed on Saturday that Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi will be judicially held accountable whether the latter’s accusations of corruption were proven or not. Obeidi denounced the leaking of confidential facts of the session, which was hel
Beirut- Syria’s opposition factions broke into eastern Aleppo Saturday and took over strategic areas for Syrian regime and militias loyal to it south and west the city. Areas controlled by the regime have become besieged and lost connection with other provinces, except for Castelo road, revealed a s
Cairo- While the Egyptian government shows willingness to take more economic procedures that support local and foreign investment, it also directs some of its efforts to provide great support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), launching from its faith in the remarkable role of these enterprises
Caracas –Iran has been lately using all Spanish-speaking television stations and news sites to polish the image of Latin regime that are allies of Iran, like Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia. Iran tends to fund programs of Venezuelan channels like Telesur, the state news channel for Spanish speaking cou
