Shortly after the “liberation” of Iraq in 2003, the CIA set up a “listening post” in Dubai with the mission to monitor radio and TV broadcasts from the Islamic Republic and read newspapers published in Iran. To that end they hired a number of young journalists from inside Iran and set them to work a
Iran-backed militia forces warned on Monday that if Washington does not withdraw its forces “immediately”, they would treat U.S. Marines deployed in Iraq to fight ISIS terrorist group as forces of occupation and “deal” with the foreign troops. Washington said on Sunday a detachment
While indirect Syrian peace talks resumed in Geneva today, western diplomatic sources spoke of UN envoy Staffan de Mistura’s “annoyance” at the statement made by the head of the regime’s delegation Bashar Al-Jaafari after the last session of talks on Friday in which he said that the adoption of a pa
Israel has brought in 19 of Yemen’s last remaining Jews from war-ravaged Yemen, an Israeli nonprofit group said Monday. Immigration officials described the step as the last clandestine operation to move members of a dwindling Jewish community dating back two millennia. Over the last few days, 19 peo
Ramadi – The governorate in Anbar has all administrative bodies prepare for restoring freed neighborhoods and residential areas, making them habitable once again. The governorate’s council revealed that the area is in need of 20 billion dollar for infrastructure reconstruction after it was red
Aden- U.N. special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on Sunday, announced that Yemeni parties have agreed on holding the next round of negotiations in Kuwait. On social media outlets, U.N. envoy Ahmed highlighted some indicators for a Yemeni-Yemeni consensus for future peace talks to take place in Kuw
The organisation Hamas that rules over the Gaza Strip has removed Muslim Brotherhood slogans and pictures of their leaders including the group’s founder Hassan Al-Banna and former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. It is thought that this surprising step is linked to the agreement that was conc
New York- U.S. sources revealed the President Barack Obama’s administration has in one way or the other facilitated the ballistic missile launch for Iran. Allegations now haunt the Washington decision maker. Colum Lynch, a reporter for U.S. Foreign Policy newspaper, wrote that Iranian officials spen
Pristina- London- Kosovo’s Prime Minister, on Sunday, confirmed that his brother Ragip Mustapha joined the mass of migrants who fled to EU countries last year. A document published online revealed that Ragip Mustapha had applied seeking Asylum in Rhineland, western Germany on June 24, 2015. Hi
Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud performed the funeral prayer for Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz which was held at Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh today, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s official news agency reported. A number of princes als
AMSTERDAM – Jean-Pierre Bemba, a rich businessman whose Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) militia and political party competed for power in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the early 2000s, is charged with ordering rape and murder. The former Congolese vice-president can infact be
BERLIN – Merkel who has pleaded for months now to be granted more time to forge a mutual response from Europe to the refugee crisis, stated infront of a news conference that “Today shows that Europe will manage it, and added that “It shows we are capable of reaching common European solut
London- After eight decades passing by, the Ahwaz strive for independence from Iranian occupation confronts several challenges, some of which is the Iranian attempt of removing its Arab identity. Iran is working on carving out a new nation from Ahwaz, which would speak Farsi, enlist as a purely Shi’
Brazzaville- Under a government-imposed communications blackout, voting in a presidential election in Congo Republic opened on Sunday by the time long-time leader Denis Sassou Nguesso pursued to extend his rule over the Central African oil producer. Facing eight candidate-opponents including retired
Cairo- Egypt’s DarAlIfta (official institute responsible for issuing -fatwa- religious law in Islam) translated over a thousand fatwas to English, French and German languages. Most of the translated scripts are against allegations extremists endorse, their promotion for radicalization and misg
Aden- Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi convened with his advisors today to discuss files presented by the U.N. special envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, regarding Yemen’s future. Two days ago, before departing to Sana’a, U.N. special envoy Ahmed had conferred on the case files with President H
London- Days after the Russian declaration on withdrawing forces from Syria, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threatened to end the ceasefire and resume the violent war launched against the Syrian Opposition; should ongoing Geneva peace talks fail. Assad and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, ye
Riyadh- An Iraqi source, residing in an Iraqi neighboring country, revealed that kidnappers of the Qatari citizens, who have been held captive since December 2015, offered to exchange the Qataris for three corpses of Hezbollah combatants. The bodies belong to the group of nine of the Lebanon-based H
An Arizona highway leading to a campaign rally for Donald Trump was shut down by protesters on Saturday while they rallied outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan to declare their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Dozens of protesters blocking traffic while holdi
MUMBAI – Indian jewellers called off a 19-day strike late on Saturday after government assured they will not be “harassed” by the excise department in collecting a new tax, the head of a trade body. After the government reintroduced a 1-percent excise duty on gold jewelry after fou
