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November 24, 2016

Erdogan slams EU double standards

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that a European Parliament vote set to back a freeze of membership talks with Ankara over its relentless post-coup crackdown would have...

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November 24, 2016

Libyan forces edge forward against Daesh in Sirte

Libyan forces today resumed their against Daesh militants holding out in a few streets in their former stronghold of Sirte, saying they had captured 25 houses and a stash...

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November 24, 2016

68,000 Iraqis displaced from Mosul

Some 68,340 Iraqi have been displaced from the northern city of Mosul since the beginning of the Iraqi security forces’ campaign to retake the city from Daesh, International Organisation...

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November 24, 2016

Erdogan condemns US plan to punish Kuwaiti companies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday called on the Islamic world to stand up in the face of the West’s “double standards” toward Islamic countries pointing out that US...

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November 24, 2016

Saudi minister accuses Iran of controlling Iraqi foreign ministry

The Saudi Minister of State for Arab Gulf Affairs and former Ambassador to Baghdad, Thamir Al-Sabhan, said Iran controls the Iraqi foreign ministry. “It is such a catastrophe that...

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November 24, 2016

Egyptian military helping Assad forces

An Egyptian military air support unit has reportedly been sent to Syria as part of a large deployment beginning next year, Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported. The report comes after Egyptian President...

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November 24, 2016

French FM: Assad and his allies taking advantage of US ‘uncertainty’

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has accused Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his allies of exploiting the “uncertainty” in Washington following the US presidential election to launch a “total war”...

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November 24, 2016

Islam cannot be blamed for the Middle East women’s rights record

Women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been a long standing issue of debate. According to the latest global gender-gap report by the World...
November 24, 2016

Israel approves construction of road on Palestinian land

The Israeli Civil Administration’s higher planning committee approved the constructing of a bypass road on confiscated Palestinian lands in the northern occupied West Bank yesterday. A spokesperson for the...

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November 24, 2016

UN torture investigator to visit Turkish jails

A UN torture investigator is going to Turkey from 27 November to 2 December following an invitation from the government and plans to visit police stations, prisons and pre-trial...

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