A man was arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil, police said, adding that no one was injured. The man’s motives were unclear, and he had failed in reaching the crowd because of barriers in front of the mosque, police stated. [&hel
A fact-finding mission by the UN’s chemical watchdog, the OPCW, has confirmed that sarin nerve gas was used as a chemical weapon in the April 4 attack in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. “Based on its work, the FFM (fact-finding mission) is able to conclude that a large number
Rabat, Casablanca- Dutch authorities have arrested former Moroccan regional lawmaker Said Chaaou over an international arrest warrant issued by the judiciary in Morocco in 2010 following accusations that he had formed an armed gang and had been involved in international drug trafficking and attempte
Beirut – Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nouhad al-Machnouk on Thursday said recent statements by Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah were off the normal track. Machnouk was referring to the recent statement made by Nasrallah who threatened to mobilize thousands of foreign fighters from Syria,
Aden- Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi dismissed on Thursday three governors of the liberated provinces for supporting the secession of the southern part of the country in the framework of organizing the situation in liberated areas, state television reported. Hadi issued a decree dismissing
Manama– Bahrain has arrested on Thursday members of a terrorist network known as “Saraya al-Ashtar”, within a security plan aimed at fighting terrorism. The country’s security authorities carried out a proactive security operation to capture members of the terrorist organization. Several terrorists
London – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi criticized a recent report by the US State Department on Tehran’s role in human trafficking, saying that unilateral policies implemented by Washington and its allies have contributed to the spread of this phenomenon. “The root causes of
Riyadh- A campaign that allows residency and labor law violators to leave Saudi Arabia without penalty has been extended for 30 days, according to the Kingdom’s state news agency. The extension started on June 25, 2017 or 1 Shawwal 1438 in the Hijri calendar. The General Directorate of Passports sai
Ramallah- Israel closed on Thursday Al-Aqsa Mosque to worshipers, an escalatory move that upset the Palestinian Authority, which warned from a spatiotemporal divisional plan that could lead to a religious war. On Thursday, while Israel was completely closing Al-Aqsa to Muslim worshippers, chief of t
Two citizens were slightly injured when a projectile launched by Houthi insurgents from Yemeni territories fell in residential areas in the Saudi city of Najran, Deputy Official Spokesman for the Civil Defense in Najran Region Captain Abdullah Saeed Al Fare’a said. One projectile fell inside a
Washington, Ankara- Qatar escalated its moves on Thursday as an ultimatum issued by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain is expected to expire on July 3. The four Arab states imposed sanctions on Doha, which has been given 10 days to comply with the demands or face unspecified consequences. Howe
Five suicide bombers blew themselves up during military raids on two refugee encampments in Lebanon’s Arsal area near the border with Syria, leaving seven soldiers injured, the army said. Four of the bombers struck in one camp housing Syrian refugees near the border town of Arsal, wounding three sol
Will they? Won’t they? These are the questions that are making the rounds in international political circles these days. The “they” in question are the new US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin who may or may not hold a tete-a-tete on the margins of the G-20 summit to
Amman- Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Imad Fakhoury has stressed that the United States will provide 1.3 billion dollars worth of assistance to Jordan this year to help it confront the burden of Syrian refugees. Fakhoury, who visited Washington last week, said that the U
Ankara, Beirut- Ankara announced on Thursday it would launch a military operation to tighten the noose on the city of Afrin in the Syrian Aleppo province and “cleanse” it from terrorists. The announcement is a sign that Turkey would attack the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its military wi
London- It is now only a matter of time until ISIS loses its strongholds in Syria and Iraq, analysts, military and government officials repeatedly say. US-backed Syrian rebel forces are advancing to retake ISIS’ self-declared capital of Raqqa and only a few kilometers remain to liberate Iraq’s
Mosul- With snipers lurking on rooftops and bombs hidden in the rubble, rescue workers are risking their lives in a desperate search for civilians buried during the battle for Iraq’s Mosul. Overwhelmed by a blazing sun and an unfathomable grief, Abdulrahman Mohammed and his brother Ammar smok
Jeddah- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has discussed with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during a phone conversation aspects of bilateral relations and means to promote them in all fields. King Salman has also sent a cable of congratulations to the President
British Prime Minister Theresa May won backing for her policy program with a slender parliamentary majority on Thursday in the first test of her authority after an election setback and growing pressure on her Brexit and austerity agenda. May cut short a visit to Berlin and her defense minister, Mich
Israeli former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,71, who is serving a 27-month prison term for corruption, won parole on Thursday. Israel Radio reported that Olmert would be freed on Sunday after a parole board decided to cut his sentence by a third, a common practice in Israel for prisoners who have not c
