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Thousands of solar panels are pictured generating electricity used at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada May 27, 2009.

Saudi Arabia Looks for Expansion in Renewable Energy Production

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jun 10, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Saudi Arabia will witness a great expansion in renewable energy, as estimates indicate that electricity from solar power would reach 66,400 Megawatts by 2023. Expansion plans fall within Saudi Arabia’s vision 2030, which is translated in the National...

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Civilians who fled their homes following clashes on the outskirts of Falluja, gather in a school on the outskirts of Garma, Iraq, June 2, 2016.-REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Shi’ite Militias Arrest 3,800 Displaced Citizens from Fallujah

by Manaf al Obeidi | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah-Al-Anbar Provincial Council warned of the continuous crimes against civilians escaping ISIS in Fallujah committed by extremist militias of Popular Mobilization Forces and other governmental forces. Anbar Provincial Council spokesperson Athal al-Fahdawi said...

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Shi’ite Houthi rebels chant slogans as they ride in a pickup truck at the army’s First Armored Division compound after taking it over, in Sana’a, Yemen, on September 22 2014. AP

Yemeni Insurgency Inhibits Peace Talks Headway by Dodging Topic on Arms Handover

by Arafat Madabish | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Houthis turning in their arsenal is considered to be one of the chief controversies inhibiting progress at the peace talks underway in Kuwait. The government’s delegation insists on implementing U.N. resolution 2216, which rules that all militias and their...

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Special forces from the Syria Democratic Forces gather in a village in the southern rural area of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate. Reuters

‘Military Pragmatism’ Pushes France to Fight ISIS in Land Offensive

by Michel Abu Najm | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Paris-The presence of a limited number of French forces alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that are trying to expel ISIS from the strategic Syrian city of Manbij “does not mean a change in France’s policies, rather it reflects military pragmatism,” French...

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Former Saudi Minister of Commerce, Finance and National Economy Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Salim

Al Salim, Al Gosaibi: The Ages of Great Men Are Borrowed

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jun 10, 2016 | Features

Former Saudi Minister of Commerce, Finance and National Economy Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Salim passed away dawn of June 8 at one of London’s hospitals. Salim and the late prominent technocrat Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi had shared many roots. Their companionship...