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122 Israeli, US Officers Stationed in Saudi Faisal Air Base

Leader of the Zionist party Meterz, Zahava Gal, said that 122 US and Zionist officers and pilots are stationed in Faisal bin Abdul Aziz air base in Saudi Tabuk, Israel in Arabic website reported. The deployment of these officers comes under a US-Saudi agreement and indicates the extent of the ...

November 1, 2016

Lebanon

Lebanese incoming president, General Michel Aoun

President Aoun to Begin Parliamentary Consultations to Designate PM

Lebanese President Michel Aoun is to start on Wednesday parliamentary consultations aimed at choosing a new prime minister. Aoun, who was elected on Monday a new head of state, will begin consultations with lawmakers over their choice for prime minister. Aoun will hold talks with former prime ministers: Tammam Salam, ...

November 1, 2016

Middle East

Iraqi troops preparing to storm ISIL strongholds in Mosul

Iraq Forces Getting Ready for First Push into Mosul

Elite Iraqi forces were poised Tuesday for a first push into Mosul, after the prime minister warned terrorist groups who hold the city have no choice but to surrender or die. Forces from Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) were fighting the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) in ...

November 1, 2016

World

Morocco Arrests 11 over Fish Seller’s Death

Morocco has arrested 11 people over the death of a fish seller whose crushing in a rubbish truck sparked widespread demonstrations, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The suspects have been brought before an investigating magistrate in connection with allegations of involuntary manslaughter and forgery of public documents, a statement said. Mouhcine ...

November 1, 2016

World

Russian DM: Syria Peace Talks Delayed, Our Ships Complete Passage to Med

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that talks aimed at ending the Syrian crisis was delayed indefinitely, noting that Moscow’s warships have concluded their passage to the Mediterranean. During a conference call on Tuesday, said a Western failure to rein in Takfiri insurgents in Syria had indefinitely delayed the ...

November 1, 2016

Lebanon

Sayyed Nasrallah receiving FPM Head, Geلاran Bassil (photo from archive: October, 2011)

FPM: Sayyed Nasrallah Our Partner in Victory

The Head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) in Lebanon, Gibran Bassil stressed that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is the movement’s partner in the victory achieved in the presidential vote. In a crowded ceremony celebrating the election of General Michel Aoun for presidency, Bassil praised Sayyed Nasrallah’s political ...

November 1, 2016

World

Rescuers Hunt for Survivors after Quake in Italy

Fears in Italy with more Earthquakes to Come

Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years has left more than 15,000 people homeless, authorities said Monday as the scale of the damage done to irreplaceable historic buildings became apparent. Although Sunday’s 6.6-magnitude tremor did not result in any deaths, the third powerful quake in just over two months has ...

November 1, 2016

World

Pakistan Police Clash with Protesters, Arrest Hundreds

Police and protesters continued to clash in and around Islamabad on Monday as the country’s second-largest opposition party insisted it will push ahead with plans to “lock down” the Pakistani capital next week. Police fired teargas to hold off thousands of activists from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by popular cricketer-turned-politician ...

November 1, 2016

Middle East

Saudi Arabia Replaces Finance Minister to Deal with Deficit Increase amid War on Yemen

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Monday appointed market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as the country’s new finance minister. Al-Jadaan replaces Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf who has held the position since 1996. In a royal decree announced on state television, Al-Assaf was made minister of state and will remain a ...

November 1, 2016

World

Illustrative photo of an American F-15 intercepting a Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber during a Russian exercise near the west coast of Alaska in 2008. (US Air Force/Wikimedia Commons)

Pentagon: US, Russia Planes Have Closest Call yet over Syria

The Pentagon said on Monday that a near miss between Russian and US warplanes over Syria this month was the closest the two air forces have come to a midair mishap in the war-torn country. The incident occurred in eastern Syria on October 17, when a Russian jet that was ...

November 1, 2016