The critiques of Donald Trump made devastatingly clear that he’s a preposterous, dangerous candidate for the presidency. The case for Clinton was compelling, and almost every party leader who mattered showed up to make it. That included President Obama, who answered Trump’s shockingly gloomy vision
London- Bahraini opponent Kassem Hashem has been sentenced 12 years in prison for being accused of rape, physical violence and pedophilia. Despite his allegations of being a human rights activist and a religious person who disapproves the regime in the Gulf, the pieces of evidence against him were s
While ISIS is losing more of its control areas in Syria and Iraq, Western governments have continued their strikes against the organization’s fronts on social media websites. According to an Egyptian study, ISIS has lost around 45% of its advertising activities on Twitter, on which it depended over
Ramadi – The highway linking Baghdad with Jordanian borders became fully secured from any ISIS threat only 72 hours after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) retook al-Khalidiya Island, one of the most important and dangerous ISIS strongholds. The strategic location of the area between Falluja and Ramadi ma
Erbil – Despite the important role of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in war on ISIS and good relations with western countries, Peshmerga still haven’t received its needed weapons to fight ISIS. KRG officials said that the military aid sent by coalition is not enough. Head Kurdistan Regional Gov
America had an exceptional few days last week as the Republican Party officially adopted the billionaire right-wing firebrand Donald Trump as its presidential candidate for next November’s race to the White House. In the meantime, across the Atlantic, where the vote to leave the European Union shook
Baghdad- Iraq’s Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, accompanied with prominent officers, has entered on Monday the Iraqi parliament to be questioned over corruption allegations brought forward by Iraqi parliamentary Alia Nasif. There, Obeidi dropped a bomb when he accused Iraqi Parliament Speak
Ankara – Turkish government admitted for the first time to unfair treatment in the post-coup arrests. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said commenting on the tens of thousands who have been discharged from their positions: “There must definitely be some among them who were subjected to unfair procedur
Beirut – Internal divisions inside Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement – led by General Michel Aoun and presided over by his son-in-law, Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil – have drastically increased in the wake of party elections aimed at choosing candidates for the country’s next pa
Paris, Beirut: While U.N. Special Envoy to Syria Staffan De Mistura seeks to hold a new round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva at end of August, French sources said that Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was informed by his U.S. counterpart John Kerry that a team of U.S. experts was currently in Mos
Riyadh, Jeddah- The Yemeni delegation left yesterday Kuwait, where U.N.-sponsored peace talks were talking place, after rebels rejected a draft plan presented by U.N. Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed based on Resolution 2216. The Yemeni government delegation, which had endorsed the plan, asserted that
Cairo – The United States Department of Defense announced on Monday the launching of the first U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Libya. The U.S. has launched airstrikes on the Islamic State stronghold in Sirte, Libya, the Pentagon said on Monday, in a major expansion of the American campaign against t
Five police officers were killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed in southeastern Turkey on Monday in an attack that appeared to have been carried out by Kurdish militants, security sources said. Yavuz Selim Koser, the governor for Bingol, said four ot
Yemeni government delegates assigned to the peace talks in Kuwait said they were leaving the negotiations on Monday after Houthi militia rejected a United Nations proposal aimed to ending their country’s war. Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi insisted the government was not abandoning t
In the wake of recent statements made by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on inhibiting foreign funding of mosque construction in France, a new foundation will be created to help finance the mosques and keep out radical benefactors, the head of the French Muslim Council said Monday. Anouar Kbibech
Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed final approval of building Hinkley Point, Britain’s first nuclear plant in decades, due to concerns about China’s involvement in the project. May’s predecessor David Cameron drew up the plan in which French utility EDF and China General Nuclear w
A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in opposition rebel territory in northern Syria on Monday, killing all five military personnel on board, the Kremlin said. This incident is considered the first deadliest for the Russian military since its entrance into Syria’s civil war. The Mi-8 h
Saudi Arabia says four family members have been killed by a cross-border missile from Yemen that struck their home in the southern region of Jizan. The attack comes one day after the Saudi-led military coalition said seven Saudi border guards, including an officer, were killed in a cross-border clas
Cairo-Dar al-Ifta al-Misriyyah confirmed that ISIS’s fatwa regarding permitting counterfeiting international brands and selling them in markets is prohibited by Shariah. It also said that calls, publications and events organized frequently calling for deporting Muslims from Europe and USA and sendin
Khobar- Oil refinery profits dropped in July to a record rate in three and a half years. Amid these harsh conditions in the global refining industry, forecasts showed that Aramco will be compelled to offer discounts to encourage clients to load more shipments. Saudi Aramco has lowered the pricing te
