UN expert: De-mining Mosul would take 10 years
On Wednesday, a UN de-mining expert said that unexploded mines would remain in the Iraqi city of Mosul for a decade, putting at risk the lives of one million...
February 16, 2018
On Wednesday, a UN de-mining expert said that unexploded mines would remain in the Iraqi city of Mosul for a decade, putting at risk the lives of one million...
February 16, 2018
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Beltagy, for one year in prison with penal labour for insulting the court during the hearing. Beltagy is on trial...
February 16, 2018
Algerian authorities announced they would increase the number of border surveillance posts on the Algerian-Moroccan borders by building 10 new posts “that will be added to the 24 surveillance...
February 15, 2018
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Lebanon today that the Iran-backed Hezbollah group’s growing arsenal and involvement in regional conflicts threatened Lebanon’s security. Speaking alongside Lebanese Prime Minister Saad...
February 15, 2018
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir yesterday described the Iranian presence in Iraq as destructive. Speaking on the sidelines of the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, Al-Jubeir expressed...
February 15, 2018
Iran’s Prosecutor General has revealed that the authorities in Tehran have dismantled a US-Israel spy network and arrested its members. “The defendants gathered information about the country in strategic...
February 15, 2018
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has urged Turkey to refocus its military efforts in Syria to focus on fighting Daesh and not the Kurdish militias it is currently tackling,...
February 15, 2018
Spain has said it will respond to the Amazigh World Assembly’s (AMA) request concerning the use of chemical weapons by King’s Alfonso XIII military during the Rif War from 1921-1926 but...
February 15, 2018
Amnesty’s latest report today accused the Houthis of “using the judiciary to settle political scores” amid the on-going civil conflict in Yemen. The investigative research findings reveal that three...
February 15, 2018
Iraq has received pledges of $30 billion from donors and investors who wish to rebuild the war-ravaged country. The funds fall far short of the country’s appeal for $88...