The Syrian Democratic Forces, U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, pushed further into the ISIS stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, seizing a key road junction and grain silos overlooking the city, a monitoring group said. The city lies close to the border with Turkey and is a key staging post on the jihadist
Jeddah- Specialized analysts forecast that Saudi logistics will experience a prodigious leap in the upcoming period – the jump is concurrent to the anticipated industrial 20 percent growth in the next five years. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, analysts clarified that remarkable growth of log
France’s foreign minister called on Saturday for the European Union to move ahead quickly to seal the terms of a British exit from the bloc, arguing that the other 27 members needed to give the EU new purpose or else risk populism taking hold, as his German counterpart said the EU would weathe
Beirut – The Secretary General of so-called Lebanese Hezbollah party, Hassan Nasrallah, admitted on Friday that 26 of his militants were killed in Syria, while one was missing and another captured. In a televised speech delivered during a ceremony to mark the passing of 40 days since the killi
Fallujah-The Anbar Salvation Council recently reported a series of violations and sectarian-fueled assaults, such as the deliberate arson of mosques and civilian homes and the break-in into Fallujah citizens’ homes. Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militias were accused of carrying out the crimes a
American journalist Austin Bennett Tice went to Syria as a freelancer to cover the ongoing conflict, he made his way to south of Damascus in August 2012 to file his final pieces, according to Tice’s family. The 31-year old journalist planned to leave to Lebanon August 14; however he never made
London- More than 40,000 people signed a petition for London to stay in the European Union on Friday, as Mayor Sadiq Khan said the city must have a say in Britain’s exit negotiations. The petition, which is found on the change.org website, says: “Declare London independent from the UK an
Beirut-A cabinet session held in Beirut Friday revealed the failure of Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s government to deal with development projects due to internal disputes that reflected the deep division of Lebanon’s political forces over several pressing issues. Ministers on Friday fail
Bernie Sanders has said he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election in November, bowing to his rival for the Democratic nomination but stopping short of a full endorsement more than a week after the final primary contests. Asked on MSNBC whether he would cast his ballot for Cl
The Chinese government has extensive controls over paid-for internet ads and planned earlier to codify that policy in law. For instance, last month Chinese regulators enforced limits on the number of profitable ads by Baido Inc, after a student who went through an experimental cancer treatment which
Manama-Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla has urged all Bahraini factions to be united and rally behind the leadership. Al-Mulla called on political and human rights associations, civil society institutions, community leaders, columnists, media figures, journalists
Washington-The Saudi Deputy Crown Prince continued his meetings on Friday by holding talks with leading technological and financial companies as part of his historic trip to the United States. Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense
Cairo-More than 35,000 women living in ISIS-controlled areas in Syria and Iraq are currently pregnant, according to a new Egyptian report. The study carried out by “Marsad al-Azhar” in Cairo said that schools in these territories are similar to training camps, and books include pictures of rifles an
Salaam Asha’ra and his family left Syria in early 2013, when no one expected that the civil war in their country would last for years without any signs of subsiding, creating the worst refugee crisis in the world since the end of World War II. Asha’ra’s family was among the first families that ended
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday said the United States’ relationship with both the United Kingdom and the European Union would endure in the wake of Britain’s decision to leave the Brexit referendum. “The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision
When the Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered direct military intervention in Syria last September, his declared intention was to achieve a quick “get-in-get-out” victory that would push his other problems, notably land-grabbing ventures in Georgia and Ukraine into oblivion. Eight months later,
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) succeeded in entering the city of Manbij, an ISIS stronghold, yesterday for the first time. This came a week after the city was surrounded, ISIS’ supply routes were cut off and a large bulk of its rural areas were seized. The forces, which are mainly made up of Kur
In my opinion, punishing criminals is far better than revoking their citizenship and sending them to exile, taking punitive measures against offenders will prohibit them from exploiting podiums abroad. Moreover, after being convicted, foreign forces would avoid taking advantage of the felon. Keeping
The Yemeni government delegation at the Kuwait consultations confirmed that the position that it announced at the beginning of the consultations has not changed and that it seeks to achieve peace in Yemen through attaining justice, protecting legitimacy and ending the coup against the authority of t
A British vote to leave the European Union braced markets for one of their most unstable days on Friday, with sterling hitting a 31-year low in its biggest fall in history. Such a body blow to global confidence reflects a widespread alarm in the financial community since the Brexit vote could well p
