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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks during an interview with Reuters in his house in Rabat, Morocco, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Moroccan PM After his Visit to Mauritania: Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Nouakchott – Morocco and Mauritania began a new chapter after the relationship between the two countries faced some problems following statements of secretary-general of Istiqlal Party Hamid Chabat saying that Mauritania had originally been part of Morocco and is a...

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Hariri Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote, Arms File Avoided

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- With an easy majority, the new cabinet of Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Wednesday the confidence vote of 87 out of 92 deputies who attended a parliament session to discuss the ministerial statement. Four MPs withheld their vote of confidence,...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Vague Articles in Russian-Turkish Agreement

by Saeed Abdelrazek, Paula Astih and Caroline Akoum | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- Russia and the Syrian opposition were surprised on Wednesday by Turkish comments about an agreement, whose articles remain ambiguous between Ankara and Moscow concerning a nationwide truce in Syria. While Turkish Foreign Minister announced that an...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Picture

Kerry: Two-State Solution Or Endless Occupation

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Washington- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made on Wednesday a final plea to save the two-state solution, warning that disregarding such a solution would lead to an endless Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. During remarks delivered on the Middle...

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A Saudi soldier stands guard as servicemen on a Saudi military cargo plane prepare to unload aid at the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden July 24, 2015.REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Oman Joins Islamic Military Coalition

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Dammam – Oman has officially joined the Islamic Military Coalition to fight terrorism led by Saudi Arabia, thus becoming the forty-first nation to join the coalition. Sultanate of Oman announced its participation in the coalition in a letter sent to Prince Mohammed...