BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has said he asked the authorities to prosecute the organizers of a symposium held by a banned Bahraini group in the capital Beirut. On Tuesday, Al-Wefaq Society held a symposium in Beirut to mark the anniversary of opposition protests that erupted against the ruling regime in [&h...
BAGHDAD (AA) – A bomb attack targeted the party headquarters of Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi in the western Anbar province, according to a local security source on Saturday. The source, who requested anonymity, said the attack on the Progress Party took place on Friday evening and was carried out by unidentified attackers. No c...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Sunday denied any progress in Egypt-mediated talks to broker a prisoner swap with Israel. Israeli media reports said that progress has been made in talks for a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. “There is no progress until now,” senior Hamas member Zaher Jabareen [...
MUNICH, GERMANY: Turkiye’s defense minister has said that Ankara and Iraq have agreed on getting rid of terrorism as soon as possible. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said: “We all agree on the fight against terrorism and getting rid of it as soon as [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia said it plans to hold a fifth round of direct talks with regional rival Iran. “We are looking to schedule a fifth round of direct talks with Iran despite a lack of substantive progress so far,” Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said in a speech at the Munich […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Three soldiers were killed in a ballistic missile attack by Houthi rebels in central Yemen, according to a local military source on Sunday. The attack targeted a camp housing soldiers in Ataq city in the Shabwa province Saturday evening, the source said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Nine Yemeni soldiers were killed Sunday in a landmine explosion in Houth stronghold Saada in northern Yemen, according to a local NGO. In a statement, the Yemeni Landmine Records said fatalities occurred when a military patrol struck a landmine in Baqa’ area in Saada province. The NGO, which documents victims of […]...
Jerusalem, Undefined- AFP Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may “shortly” agree a new nuclear deal with major powers but warned it will be weaker than the original 2015 agreement. Bennett was speaking ahead of a cabinet meeting following indications that the outline of a deal was taking shape at talks in ...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates- AFP The United Arab Emirates warned Sunday of the rising threat of drone attacks, such as those launched against it by Yemen’s Huthi rebels, at a defence industry conference on unmanned systems. The Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX) kicked off in Abu Dhabi, with regional and Western military and industry...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Monday said it will open its diplomatic mission in Doha. Stefano Sannino, the secretary-general of the European External Action Service, and Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi signed an agreement in Brussels to establish a new EU Delegation to Qatar, the EU diplomat...
