The war of the press did not last as long as the war that was based on Nizar Qabbani’s poem “Margins in a Book of Setback” after the 1967 war. There was not a single writer or a poet, major or minor, who did not attack him, praise him or gain fame by saying “I […]
The recent positive development is that Russia is promoting a peaceful solution that includes the involvement of the Syrian opposition for the first time since the military entered the war alongside the Syrian and Iranian regimes. The downside is that Russia wants to keep Bashar Al-Assad and this is
A senior Algerian official yesterday accused two countries which he refused to name of conspiring “to destabilise” Algeria because of “its fixed stance on the Sahara issue and its defence of its sovereignty”. During a meeting for members of the National Rally for Democracy (RND) that was held in the
Chinese automaker Jiangling Motor, is being sued by Jaguar Land Rover for allegedly copying the British firm’s Range Rover Evoque, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The suit relates to Jiangling’s Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle copying the design of the Evoque, JLR
London- Saudi ambassador to Iraq Thamer Sabhan explained that the Iranian presence near Fallujah is only to heave further strife among the already tense animosity between Iraqi people. Sectarian divide in Iraq had been feeding into the country’s public strain. Sabhan, in a phone interview with Ashar
Jeddah-High-ranking Yemeni military officials announced that the National Army discovered a large number of Lebanese and Iranian made missiles in Haif bin Saba’an. After examining the missiles, Commander Staff Maj. Gen. Nasser al-Tahiri revealed that these missiles are not like the European or U.S.
Vienna- A week ago, no one concerned with the oil industry had expected for the OPEC June meeting to end in amiable accord, despite the deep running dispute among member states. Ghosts of doubt hovered over the meeting being successful. The failure of the April Doha meeting and the oil producers – w
Zurich (Switzerland) – FIFA scandals have recently sampled in an ongoing parade of exposed corruption with its latest being the Swiss police raiding its headquarters in Zurich. In the search, each of former president Sepp Blatter, former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke and finance directo
Arab coalition forces that support legitimacy in Yemen emphasised that the United Nations report’s inclusion of the coalition on its human rights violation blacklist is negative and will weaken the efforts of the UN envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh. Brigadier General Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, a consu
The Syrian regime’s army, for the first time since 2014, crossed the boundary of Raqqa province on Saturday after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against ISIS, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Heavy Russian air strikes hit ISIS-held territory in eastern areas of Syria̵
Beirut- The Syrian regime has intensified its military operations in northern Syria and Aleppo, killing and injuring scores of civilians. Agence France Presse reported that Syrian regime forces killed 31 civilians, including 6 children, in air and missile strikes on eastern neighborhoods that are un
Beirut-Future Movement is still confounded by the severe loss it suffered in the municipal elections in Tripoli, the capital of the North and Lebanon’s second largest city. Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, who fought the elections alone against a coalition of political parties and Tripoli pers
A 17-month U.S. effort to requalify and reunify Iraq’s regular army did not succeed in creating a large number of operative Iraqi combat units. The efforts also failed to limit the influence of sectarian militias, according to current and former U.S. military and civilian officials. Worrisome
Paris-As expected, the international meeting on the Middle East held in Paris did not come up with clear resolutions as it only showed international awareness of the dangers of tension in the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault was the most optimistic as
London- Confidential documents recently released by the CIA revealed details on what had happened in the few last weeks preceding Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s overthrow. The documents expose the works of the White House and U.S. embassy in Tehran. Records released by BBC show that Ayatollah Khomeini had
The U.S. defense secretary is urging Beijing to join in on regional cooperation or risk establishing a “Great Wall of self-isolation”, adding pressure on China from both the United States and Asian powers to rein in its actions in the South China Sea. Ash Carter, U.S. Defense Secretary, encour
Washington-The U.S. State Department has admitted that Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism globally, while it considered ISIS the biggest terrorist threat in the world. In its yearly Country Reports on Terrorism, the Department said terrorist attacks took place in 92 countries in 201
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, who had advanced Parkinson’s disease, died Friday after being taken to Phoenix-area hospital due to respiratory ailment. Ali made himself a prominent figure by his record-setting boxing career, extraordinary skills for showmanship, and his controversia
Washington-U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying “he’s not just unprepared” and is “temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility.” Clinton ma
Washington-U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has expected more ISIS attacks against the West, saying jihadists in the strategic northern Syria town of Manbij “aspire” to directing international terror plots. His remarks on Friday during a press conference in Singapore, where he is att
