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Iraqi pro-government forces take up position on the outskirts of the city of Fallujah, as part of a major assault to retake the city from ISIS. AFP

Waylaid in Fallujah, ISIS Reopens Hit Battlefront

by Munaf al Obeidi and Dalshad Abdullah | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah-Irbil- Terrorist group ISIS had a go at opening up a new battlefront in the Iraqi town of Hit after being strangled down in the Fallujah barrages. Iraq’s security forces and cooperative tribal members steadily advance in Fallujah, anticipating a nearing...

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Russia to Return to Israel Tank Seized in 1982

by Taha Abed alWahed | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Moscow- Russia is preparing to return an Israeli tank captured by Syrian troops in the 1982 war that is exhibited at a museum near Moscow. “Israel got the notification that Russian President Vladimir Putin met the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...

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A general view of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, is seen during a media tour along the Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia, March 31, 2015. Reuters

Addis Ababa Reassures Cairo over Nile Water Share

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it has received assurances from Ethiopia’s government communication affairs office Minister Getachew Reda that Addis Ababa respects Cairo’s Nile water share. The communications office of the Ethiopian council of...

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Opinion: Jihad With the Iranian Rial!

by Tariq Alhomayed | May 29, 2016 | Opinion

Our newspaper published a story about Iran allocating an annual budget for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organisation after relations between them were restored. An official at the organisation’s press office said that Iranian support “is not an accusation” and...

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Opinion: Stability – The New Politically Fashionable Word

by Amir Taheri | May 29, 2016 | Opinion

“I can tell you what the world needs right now in one word: stability!” This was how a senior British official enlightened us at dinner the other evening. The observation was all the more acute because right now, caught in the maelstrom of a referendum on their...