Israeli fighter pilots recently trained with Arab counterparts in the United States, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday, referring to a joint exercise that a U.S. official described as involving Jordanian planes. The remarks by [ More … ]
Israel’s lawmakers have voted to impose a minimum three-year jail sentence on stone throwers, just weeks after the premier vowed “war” on those who pelt security forces with rocks. The law was approved by 57 [ More … ]
A woman who claims to be the “secret wife†of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has won a multimillion-pound payout in a London court to honour a promise that she would be looked [ More … ]
Britain has begun construction work of its first permanent military base in the Middle East since 1971 in Bahrain. The news agency reported that the Bahraini “Construction work at the headquarters of the British Navy [ More … ]
One of the main charachters in persuading the United States to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, Ahmed Chalabi died on Tuesday of a heart attack, siad state television and two parliamentarians. Haitham al-Jabouri said attendants had found him dead in [ More … ]
The prominent iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi has died, reports iraqi state television. First reports claim the cause of death was heart attack.
Human Rights Watch accuses Syrian rebel groups of war crimes after they placed hostages including civilians in cages as “human shields” in order to avert government strikes. Videos that were  posted over the weekend showed [ More … ]
Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him to pay a visit to the country while expressing interest in partnering India’s economic growth. During the [ More … ]
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama arrived at the Hamad Airport in Doha, Qatar, on Monday for several meetings and speeches. She will visit the al-Udeid air base together with the comedian Conan O’Brien. She is [ More … ]
At least 35 people, including senior bureaucrats and police officers, have been detained by Turkish police,  in the western province of Izmir. The operation aim to target supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan’s enemy, Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The arrests came [ More … ]
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi dismisses the claims by Islamic state that they were responsible för the downing of the Russian plane, as “propaganda”. -When there is propaganda that it crashed because of ISIS, this [ More … ]
Oman has downgraded its state of alert regarding the rare tropical cyclone that has hit the Arabian peninsula’s coast. Yemen has been hit the hardest, while Oman has been spared. However, the Omani meteorological [ More … ]
There is no “direct evidence ” that terrorism was to blame in the Russian plane crash over Sinai this weekend, says US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Speaking at a Washington defense summit, Clapper [ More … ]
A 19-year old Palestinian stabbed and wounded three Israelis near Tel Aviv on Monday before being arrested, police said. It is the latest in a series violent attacks from both sides. The man stabbed two people [ More … ]
Eight Lebanese, including two soldiers, were killed on Monday morning in a shootout between security forces and two fugitives. The incident occured outside a nightclub north of Beirut, the army said in a statement. Mehdi [ More … ]
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