Two chairmen of the official commission which was in charge of the investigation into the September 11 attacks have refuted accusations that the commission did not investigate Saudi Arabia’s alleged involvement in the attacks thoroughly enough. After more than 10 years since the National Commission
Beirut- Human trafficking is one of the notoriously spread forms of corruption in Lebanon. It has afflicted Lebanese societies over the course of time in different ways; however, with the recent intensifying Syrian refugee crisis, the illegal exploitation of underprivileged humans has taken on a new
A French-Iranian citizen, who was bound to leave Iran in 2009 after being convicted with espionage charges, has been sentenced to six years in prison following her return to the country to visit her critically ill mother, an opposition website reported. Upon arrival at Tehran airport last month, for
After a short-lived ceasefire gradually collapsed, bombs have started falling heavily on Aleppo, leaving people there with no choice but to think again about whether it is time to get out of a city at the epicenter of the Syrian war. The brief normalcy brought by a truce has vanished, emptying, agai
Riyadh-In an unprecedented event, Saudis are looking forward with much concern for Monday to come as Saudi Arabia will announce its “2030 Vision”. Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also Saudi Arabia’s defense minister and head of the council of Economic and Developmental
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday that British soldiers could be sent to fight ISIS terrorists in Libya, asserting that this option could not be ruled out, especially if requested by the Libyan government, but that any deployment would need to be approved by parliament. ISIS mi
A Saudi-led coalition targeted the al Qaeda group in air strikes on its stronghold in the port of Mukalla in southern Yemen on Sunday, killing at least ten militants, medical sources and residents said. The strikes are a part of an offensive to regain the city, as scores of Yemeni troops loyal to th
Beirut- The Syrian Opposition currently awaits in anticipation the outcome of both the deliberations conducted by the U.N. special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura and the results of the foreign ministers of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People meeting. However, the opposition kept its announc
This could be the last visit for President Barack Obama -as the U.S. President- meeting with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz along with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders. The summit signified the second chapter of the first Camp David meeting, which took place a
London- In light of a widening rift among the Iranian regime, hundreds of instructors, who belong to the higher education sector and are affiliated with 72 different universities in Iran, sent out an open letter to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in which they objected to Iranian military grou
Kuwait- Ongoing deliberations that have commenced among Yemeni parties yesterday are yet to succeed in accomplishing an accord on corroborating the current ceasefire. The insurgency delegation proved to be extremely opinionated and would obstruct negotiations from proceeding through holding on to th
Iraqi security sources reported clashes erupting between Kurdish and Shi’ite Turkmen paramilitary forces late on Saturday in northern Iraq, killing at least two fighters and cutting a strategic road between Baghdad and the oil city of Kirkuk. Lately, the city of Tuz Khurmatu, about 175 km (110
It is now weeks that Iran’s political-clerical circles are abuzz about an “open letter” written to President Hassan Rouhani by Mehdi Karrubi, a former Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) who has been under house arrest since 2009 after challenging the results of the 2009 presidenti
April 22 – A ban was proposed on Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) which are used to curb individuals from engaging in self-injurious or aggressive behavior, because according to FDA these devices pose an “unreasonable and substantial̶
Pakistan is preparing to get tough on those who evade tax and who have so far shunned an amnesty program set to finally expire on April 30 after four deadline extensions. In regard of the program, only less than 0.3 percent of Pakistan’s 3 million goods traders have participated in it, well be
GAZIANTEP, Turkey, April 23 – As German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Council President Donald planned a visit that includes a stop-by at a refugee camp; Turkey’s border province of Gaziantep ramped up security on Saturday. Tusk and Merkel and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmerm
Beirut- Economic experts in Lebanon warned of the Lebanese banking system collapsing, after the implementation of the U.S. congressional legislation in 2015. The edict prohibits dealing with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah and employs the effective shutdown of bank accounts belonging to 91 people and al
London- Brett McGurk, U.S. State Department official coordinating the effort against ISIS, said that ISIS organization’s leaderships leaving Iraq and Syria for Libya- crossing many borders through their trip- makes will it easier to monitor and take them down. In an exclusive interview with Asharq A
Beirut- Syrian Opposition sources revealed that Moscow is underway on preparing for an initiative, seen with U.N. sponsorship, for merging all Syrian Opposition delegations participating in the ongoing Geneva peace talks… The merger proposed would have the Riyadh-based Higher Negotiations Comm
BEIRUT, April 23 – A ceasefire has been declared in northeastern Syria by the Regional Kurdish security forces and the pro-Syrian government according to Kurdish sides, and thus in in result bringing to an end a three-day outbreak of violence that lead to the death of more than 26 people. One
