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Bahrain Arrests Terrorist Cell Trained by IRGC, Iraqi Hezbollah

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jul 22, 2016 | Middle East

Manama – Bahraini authorities said they have detained five members of a terrorist cell linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and the so-called Iraqi Hezbollah. Security forces said that the suspects had received intensive military training in making bombs...

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Saudi, British Proposal to Forge Free Trade Agreement, Hopkins

by Raneem Hannoush | Jul 22, 2016 | Interviews

London – The executive director of the Saudi British Joint Business Council, Chris Innes-Hopkins, said a Saudi-British agreement on free trade would see the light if both countries’ governments agree on its items. In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper...

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A soldier aims his weapon on top of a tank during the attempted coup in Ankara, Turkey July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

‘Graveyard for Traitors’ to Receive Coup Plotters

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jul 22, 2016 | Middle East

Istanbul, Ankara-Istanbul Municipality established on Friday a ‘Graveyard for Traitors’ to be the final resting place of coup plotters. The municipal decision followed the families’ rejection to receive the bodies of those killed during clashes between...

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© George Ourfalian, AFP | Syrian army soldiers walk around Kweyris military airport in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015

Iran Mobilizes 4,000 New Fighters, Hezbollah Recruits Child Soldiers in Syria

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jul 22, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh – Four thousand Iranian fighters arrived in Aleppo last week to join the 80,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Afghani forces in Syria. Member of the delegation of the High Negotiations Committee (NHC) Assad al-Zubi declared that Iran is trying to cover up...

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The front gate of Camp Delta is shown at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Guantanamo Bay Memoirist Set to be Released

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 22, 2016 | World

Washington-Top U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have expected the release of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 45, one of the most controversial prisoners at the facility and the author of a best-selling memoir about his time there. “I am just thrilled that he is finally...