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Netanyahu attends the cabinet weekly meeting at his office in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 2016/ Reuters

Israel Responds By Expanding Settlements

by Nazir Majli | Dec 26, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Angry Israeli reactions continued on Sunday against U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 that condemned Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advanced on Sunday the angry Israelis who are against...

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Turkish army tanks make their way toward the Syrian border town of Jarablus last August /REUTERS

Kurds Near Euphrates Dam…Turkey Mobilizes

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 26, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – As the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) including mainly Kurdish forces have approached on Sunday from the Euphrates Dam in northern Syria, Turkey sent more reinforcements on its border with the neighboring country. The SDF backed by U.S....

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King Salman with U.S. Ambassador Joseph Westphal – SPA

King Salman Receives Ambassador of United States of America

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received at al-Yamamah palace on Sunday the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr. Joseph Westphal who bid farewell to the King on the occasion of the end...

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Opinion: The Ethiopian Dam Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 26, 2016 | Opinion

The image of the Saudi minister Ahmed Al-Khatib visiting the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam appears to have been an excuse for a media exchange that turned the relationship between Riyadh and Cairo from an intimate one to one where bad language is used. Even if we assume...