Nearly six months into the blockade, Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani remains defiant yet open to dialogue with the blockading Gulf states. Demands imposed on Qatar by the four blockading Gulf states are not [ More … ]
Sumaya Maher whereabouts is still unknown since her abduction by the Egyptian security forces on October 17,2017. Sumaya is the daughter of the former member in the Shura council Maher Khozaima. She has a bachelor [ More … ]
Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Mosoud Barzani has told parliament in Erbil that he will step down as leader, following mounting criticism of the president. President Masoud Barzani has told the Kurdish parliament in [ More … ]
Media reported that Libya’s warlord of the so-called Libyan National Army(LNA) Khalifa Haftar arrived in Egypt ‘s Cairo to discuss possible Egyptian airstrikes on Derna and other cities like Ajdabiya. Libya Observer cited the New Arab reporting [ More … ]
Egypt’s al-Sisi has named a new armed forces chief of staff. In a brief statement, the presidency said that al-Sisi has appointed former defense ministry secretary general Mohammed Farid Hegazy to the post. His predecessor [ More … ]
Bin Salman’s confirmation that state-run oil company will be listed in 2018 follows reports that key economic reform plan had been shelved Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has reaffirmed that the oil-rich kingdom intends [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia announced its first project on Tiran and Sanafir islands, Egypt’s former islands. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced plans for a new economic zone in the kingdom’s northwest region with up to [ More … ]
Iraq’s leader Abadi and Turkey’s President Erdogan pledged to strengthen cooperation as ties between their two countries warm in the wake of the Kurdish independence vote. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Turkish President Recep [ More … ]
The Egyptian authorities have accused Reuters and the BBC of “inaccurate coverage” of clashes in the western desert between security forces and armed militants in which police officers and conscripts were killed on Friday. Egypt’s State Information [ More … ]
The Kurdistan Regional Government has announced that the results on a referendum on Kurdish independence will be put on ice to prevent the continued violence between peshmerga forces and Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* The Kurdish-Zionist relations can be traced back to the era prior to the establishment of the occupation state (Israel) in 1948, where they significantly deepened and flourished after declaration of [ More … ]
Kuwait’s al-Sabah prevented a formal split in the GCC Council during a visit to Saudi Arabia last week, sources revealed to The New Arab. Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Jaber al-Sabah reportedly stopped the official division [ More … ]
The Human Rights Watch said today that the French government should ensure that “human rights are central to its relationship with Egypt.” The HRW urged that France should stop ignoring serious abuses, including Egyptian security services’ [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attended the first meeting of the joint Saudi-Iraqi coordination council in Riyadh on Sunday as part of his second visit to the Middle East. Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson [ More … ]
The Syrian Democratic Forces said they captured a major oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria. The US-backed group said they took al-Omar field [ More … ]
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