The U.S.-led coalition launched 23 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and three in Syria on Thursday, the task force leading the operation said in a statement. The coalition said 22 of the strikes in Iraq were coordinated with and in support of the government of Iraq, while one air strike was
ISLAMABAD- Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister had landed, on Thursday, in Pakistan for a planned two-day visit during which he met the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif according to a Reuters report. A number of Saudi Arabia’s allies have broken diplomatic ties with Iran after demonstra
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is now officially competing in the race to build autonomous cars, and plans on introducing 10 different models capable of temporarily relieving humans from the need to control the car on highways and city streets, AP reported. The plan, laid out on Thursday, requires for
On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a bill that would restrict easing sanctions on Iran and grant the congress the ability to better monitor the nuclear deal concluded by US, the world powers and Iran regarding its nuclear program. Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) has authored
Riyadh- The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen Thursday denied an accusation by Tehran that its warplanes had targeted the Iranian Embassy there. The coalition said in a statement that the Saudi Air Defense Forces intercepted, at dawn yesterday, a rocket that was fired from Yemen toward Ja
For the first week of 2016, oil prices slumped hitting a low beneath 35 dollars per barrel, which consequentially raised investors’ concerns of it further declining over the upcoming days, and setting back to 30 dollars per barrel. Oil prices are under two pressuring factors, the first being the sto
ANKARA, Turkey— Turkey has summoned the Iranian ambassador to demand an end to reports in Iranian state media linking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric. The Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement late Thursday saying that Turkey protes
Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince and the country’s defence minister, spoke to The Economist on January 4th. As part of a five-hour conversation, he gave his first on-the-record interview, which we have transcribed below. The Economist: Let’s focus first on the r
Government bodies in the Iranian capital Tehran seized a Church of the Assyrian minority in the country, under the pretext of building a Shiite shrine. The representative of the Assyrian community in Parliament, Jonathan Bet-Kelia, described the incident as a «rape of the places» owned by the Assyri
He who travels a lot, suffers a lot. Millions of passengers who pass through Middle Eastern airports share the same feeling, including myself. However, we have recently noticed some developments in the airline industry and travel services. Although airline companies still tire out its passengers wit
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is expected to put a special operations officer in charge of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters that oversees U.S. military operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria as well as the war in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The president̵
ANKARA: Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan’s isolation in his island jail near Istanbul amounts to an “invitation to war,” a prominent pro-Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday, as conflict flares between security forces and rebels in southeast Turkey. Ocalan, jailed in 1999, has not
LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged Moammar Gadhafi to stand aside and find a bolthole in the early days of the Libyan uprising, telephone transcripts released Thursday showed. Blair urged the Libyan dictator to stop the violence, start a process of change, stand aside, resolve th
Reuters- South Korea is in talks with the United States to deploy U.S. strategic assets on the Korean peninsula, day after North Korea said it successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device. The United States and weapons experts voiced doubts the device was as advanced as North Korea claimed, but cal
Officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man wearing a fake explosive vest at a police station in northern Paris on Thursday, French officials said, a year to the day after an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo launched a bloody year in the French capital. “The man did hav
Dammam- Pressures on the Iranian regime have intensified especially after the diplomatic procedures taken by several other countries towards Tehran in their protest against the assaults on Saudi Embassy and its Public Consulate in Iran. Jordan called on Iran’s ambassador to Amman on Wednesday
Global shares dropped for a sixth day on Thursday and oil prices fell to levels not witnessed since the early 2000s, after China guided the Yuan lower and Shanghai shares tumbled by 7 percent, igniting fears of competitive devaluations across Asia. Chinese stock trading was suspended for a second ti
BEIJING – Amid the escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, China has sent an envoy to the two countries, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, calling on all sides to exercise restraint. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming was currently in Saudi Arabia and would travel on to I
Sana’a- A ballistic missile that was launched by Houthi militias South Saudi Arabia has exploded in Sana’a causing death and injury cases. Houthi militias couldn’t find an excuse for the reverse explosion of the missile but to blame the coalition aircrafts. Their media accused the coalition of
Anyone following the Iranian media in the wake of the Saudi decision to break diplomatic ties with Tehran is likely to be puzzled. While almost every media outlet blames Saudis for the crisis, there are significant differences in the narrative of events and the assessment of its impact. Some like Ka
