London- Climate change will soon transform both North Africa and the Middle East into an uninhabitable zone. According to research conducted by the German Max Planck Society and the Cyprus Institute, the Arab world currently is experiencing unprecedented severe heat waves during summer. According to
Ramadi- Iraqi security forces managed to lift the blockade which has long distressed the two cities of Albaghdadi and Haditha. The besiegement, previously imposed by ISIS terrorists, had been ongoing for two years. Connecting the two cities, the recently freed pathways now ensure the security of the
Saudi security forces undertook an operation against ISIS fighters in Mecca on Thursday, state television channel Ekhbariya said. “The security authorities succeeded in their operation against a number of ISIS partisans holed up at a recreational area in Mecca,” the TV station said in a
Real Madrid beat Manchester city with a convincing 1-0 victory on Wednesday to line up a Champions League final against city rival Atletico Madrid, in a repeat of the 2014 Champions League final. Manchester City’s hopes of a maiden title were crushed after Gareth Bale’s deflected effort
A kidnapped Saudi businessman has been released with the help of Egyptian security forces after a nine-day ordeal, the Saudi ambassador to Cairo said Thursday. Hassan Ali Ahmed al-Sanad, 70, was kidnapped in Egypt by masked assailants on April 26 on the Cairo-Ismailia Desert Road. According to the p
Eight months after ISIS took over Ramadi, Iraqi government forces backed by U.S.-led warplanes wrested the city from the ultra-radical militants, heralding a major victory. But the cost of winning has been Ramadi itself. In the once blooming Haji Ziad Square, not a single structure still stands. Tur
Bashar Assad said on Thursday that Syria would not accept less than an outright victory against rebels in the northern city of Aleppo and across the country, state media reported. In a telegram sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Assad said the army would not accept less than “attaining
London- Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani considered that Tehran’s interference in Iraq and Syria ensures security and stability back home in Iran. The Quds force is the special operations division falling under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is an army that exclusively answe
An experimental British newspaper, The New Day, is shutting down just two months after it was published because its circulation failed to meet expectations. Publisher Trinity Mirror revealed the planned closure in a trading update Thursday. The newspaper — the first title to launch in Britain in 30
After Republican candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out of the presidential race, the New York business mogul Donald Trump became on Wednesday the lone survivor standing in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination and faced the challenge of mending deep fissures in the party
Turkish artillery fired into ISIS-held territory in Syria on Thursday, killing four militants, in retaliation to cross-border rockets that left several Turks wounded, security sources and media said. A salvo of rockets fired by ISIS from Syria struck a residential area of the town of Kilis earlier i
Riyadh- Sources attending the Yemeni talks, which are held in Kuwait, gave Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper the international outline for a solution in Yemen. The roadmap to peace is inspired from previously set items mentioned in U.N. Resolution 2216, which specifically stipulates the insurgency forces mo
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has signed a 700 million riyal ($186.7 million) loan to partly-finance the purchase of three very large crude carriers (VLCCs), the company announced on Thursday. It said in a bourse filing that the loan, provided by Alinma Bank and covering 80 p
Syrian opposition activists accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group of using chemical weapons again in collaboration with the Syrian regime in rebel-held areas. Abou Mohammed Al-Assi, a member of the Free Army’s military council, did not rule out Hezbollah’s possession of chemical arms because th
Israeli warplanes struck five Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to mortar rounds fired at Israel from the coastal territory run by the militant group, the Israeli military said. The army did not specify what was hit, saying only that “Hamas terrorist infrastructure”
Australia confirmed on Thursday that an Australian citizen believed to be a top recruiter for ISIS was killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq last month. Attorney-General George Brandis said Washington had advised him that Australian Neil Prakash, who was linked to several Australia-based attack plans
ANKARA- It seems like the time has come for Turkey’s ruling party to bring up a new PM, as in the coming weeks, and according to officials, PM Ahmet Davutoglu will be replaced at an extraordinary congress. This states that Davutoglu’s term has come to an end. The decision came following a meeting th
The humanitarian tragedy in Aleppo is indescribable and represents the height of the Syrian ordeal. Not challenging the aggressors will give them a carte blanche to do what they like in our region. Aleppo will whet the appetite of Iran and its allies for limitless aggression, and this is the outcome
BRUSSELS- On Wednesday it has been approved according to NATO for non-member Israel setting up representation at its Brussels headquarters, which in theory approaches somehow the reunion between NATO member Turkey and the Jewish state. Worth calling that the relationship between Turkey and Israel ha
BRASILIA- Credit to farmers was raised by 8% on Wednesday to 202 billion reais ($57 billion) this year; however by the same tone Brazil also raised the rates of interest on many of those subsidized loans. The Brazilian agriculture plan has been revealed which gives producers access to around 168 bil
