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Kuwait Parliament (Getty Images/AFP/Y. Al-Zayyat)

Kuwait Sets Nov. 26 as Date for Parliamentary Elections

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Oct 18, 2016 | Middle East

Kuwait – Kuwait’s Council of Ministers announced on Monday that the country will hold its parliamentary election on Nov. 26. The announcement came a day after the country’s ruler dissolved parliament over security concerns. Candidates for the early vote will be able...

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Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir © Carlo Allegri / Reuters

Al-Jubeir: We Support Immediate Truce in Yemen

by Najlaa Habriri | Oct 18, 2016 | Middle East

London – Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said on Monday that an agreement might be reached over truce in Yemen, should the Houthi rebels abide by the conditions of the ceasefire. He added that U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has...

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Assad’s Envoy in Cairo, Egyptian Authorities Stay Quite about Visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo – The Egyptian government remained quite on Monday after Syria’s government-affiliated news agency SANA reported that Chief of Bashar Assad’s National Security Bureau Major General Ali al-Mamlouk has paid an official visit to Egypt upon an invitation from...

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A boy carries a bag of sugar to his family during a food distribution by Yemeni volunteers in Taiz, Yemen. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

Yemen: 72-Hour Truce Expected for Wednesday Night

by Arafat Madabesh, Najlaa Habriri, Abdul Hadi Habtor | Oct 18, 2016 | Middle East

Aden – London – Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet welcomed a call by the United States, Britain and the United Nations to hold an immediate and unconditional truce in Yemen, which came during a meeting in London on Sunday. It also expressed support to efforts deployed...

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A rebel fighter stands near a Turkish tank as it fires towards Guzhe village, northern Aleppo countryside, Oct. 17, 2016/Reuters/Khalil Alshawl

8-Hour Russian Ceasefire in Aleppo amid European Split on Sanctions

by Michelle Abu Najm and Nazir Majli | Oct 18, 2016 | Middle East

Paris, Beirut- Moscow has absorbed on Monday the harsh accusations pointed against it during the meeting of the European Union Foreign Ministers after the Russian Army announced a plan to halt its attacks on Aleppo for eight hours next Thursday as part of a...