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Houthis Impose Mandatory Recruitment in Tihama

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Houthi militias side by side with their Republican Guard ally have imposed mandatory recruitment across several districts in Tihamah. They are threatening citizens, forcing them to undertake military training, logging over 72 hours, in preparation for their dispatch...

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Opinion: What Has Happened Since Hariri’s Assassination?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 17, 2016 | Opinion

Eleven years have passed since Rafik Hariri was assassinated by the Assad regime. His killers have succeeded not only in depriving Lebanon of its former prime minister and one of its most important leaders, but they have also succeeded in demolishing his project to...

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UAE Close to Produce 25% of its Electricity Using Nuclear Power

UAE Close to Produce 25% of its Electricity Using Nuclear Power

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Feb 17, 2016 | Business

Abu Dhabi- On February 15, the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) started the testing of the structural integrity of the core system of its nuclear reactors to be built in the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant located in the United Arab Emirates. A crucial milestone...

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Tehran Won’t Move out Military Advisers without Request from Damascus

Tehran Won’t Move out Military Advisers without Request from Damascus

by Adil Alsalmi | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

London- Addressing the European Union lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose country supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, dismissed media allegations that Iran has sent troops to Syria to fight for...

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A Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft fighter at the Russian Hmeimim air base on the Syrian coast in November (Reuters)

Syria: Rival Powers and Their Second Choice

by Amir Taheri | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Heavy American bombers, loaded with a variety of bombs, take off from the NATO base in Incirlik, Turkey for a scheduled “sortie”. Forty minutes later, however, they are back at base, still fully loaded, not having struck any targets. A few hours later it is the turn...