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A magazine featuring a cover story about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen at a news stand in Beijing on November 23, 2016. Photo: AFP

Trump’s Foreign Policy Challenges

by Heba El Koudsy | Nov 25, 2016 | World

Washington- President-elect Donald Trump and his team face a series of world challenges when he takes office in January. The decisions that Trump would take could either lead to major diplomatic achievements or harmful crises. Among his main challenges is the war in...

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An internally displaced girl waits with her father (not pictured) for her turn to receive food at a school in Sana’a May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

WFP Offers Food Aid to More than 6 Million Yemenis Every 2 Months

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Nov 25, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh – The World Food Program (WFP) said it was delivering food aid every two months to more than 6 million Yemenis in more than 19 governorates, in cooperation with King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aids (KSRELIEF). Ashraf Hamouda, WFP Head of...

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An interior view of the Arak heavy-water production facility in central Iran on Oct. 27, 2004. Photo: Reuters

Reservations on Iran Missing Iridium-192 Leading to a ‘Dirty Bomb’

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 25, 2016 | World

Riyadh-Senior Gulf sources revealed that the highly radioactive material stolen recently from Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant included an alarming supply of Iridium-192 – which can later be attached to conventional explosives and used as a dirty bomb. A dirty bomb,...

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Turkish army tanks and military personal are stationed in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 25, 2016 Umit Bektas/Reuters

Airstrike on Turkish Soldiers in Northern Syria on 1st Anniversary of Downing of Russian Warplane

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Nov 25, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Ankara pledged on Thursday to retaliate to an airstrike launched by the Syrian regime near the city of al-Bab in northern Syria, which left three Turkish soldiers dead and more than 10 injured. Meanwhile, sources hinted to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that a...

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A civilian collects tree branches amid the rubble of a damaged site in the rebel-held besieged Qadi Askar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria on Nov. 24/ Reuters Abdalrhman Ismail

Talks Between Russia-Syrian Factions on Aleppo… Opposition: Iran Seeks to Foil Deal

by Caroline Akoum | Nov 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The U.N. announced on Thursday that the Syrian opposition accepted a plan for aid delivery and medical evacuations from the besieged neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo, but was still waiting for the green light of Russia and the Syrian regime. In Ankara, meetings...