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In this Dec. 24, 1998, file photo, Muslim militant and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Rahimullah Yousafzai/AP)

CIA: Bin Laden Opposes Ousting Ali Abdullah Saleh

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 25, 2017 | World

Washington – An ISIS official sent al-Qaeda Leader Osama bin Laden a letter inciting him to take action as it was the perfect time for the organization to lay hand over Sana’a. Bin Laden perceived that establishing an Islamic state in Yemen is now supported by...

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Prime Minister Theresa May. Reuters

UK Supreme Court Rules ‘Government Must Consult Parliament over Brexit’

by Najlaa Habriri | Jan 25, 2017 | World

London – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Theresa May must seek approval from Parliament before formally triggering the country’s withdrawal from the European Union. May’s government insisted “nothing” would change the timetable for triggering...

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Jordanian security vehicles seen near the General Intelligence directorate offices near al Baqaa Refugee Camp, north of Amman, Jordan, June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Jordan’s State Security Court Rules against 9 Suspects of Involvement with Terror Groups

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Amman- Jordan’s State Security Court ruled on Tuesday against eight nationals and a Palestinian arrested under suspicions of involvement with terror groups and pledging allegiance to ultra-hardline group ISIS. The verdicts sentenced each to a decade in hard labor....

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Parliament members give the newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence in Beirut March 20, 2014. Lebanon’s parliament gave a newly-formed cabinet a vote of confidence on Thursday, ending almost a year of political deadlock during which the country has been pulled further into the civil war in neighbouring Syria. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON – Tags: POLITICS) – RTR3HXW6

Lebanon: Jumblat Rallies against Proportional Electoral Law

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Progressive Socialist Party Leader MP Walid Jumblat has maintained steady efforts to hamper any attempt to adopt a parliamentary electoral law that would be based on the proportional system. Jumblat, who had voiced his concern over the fate of the Druze...

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Turkish Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Sedat Onal, left, and Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov shake hands, as Russia’s special envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaber Ansari, right, shake hands and UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura stand during Astana talks. AP

Moscow Submits Draft of New Syria Constitution to Opposition

by Taha Abed alWahed | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow – Despite all confirmations that Astana talks will only address military aspect related to implementing ceasefire in Syria, the Russian delegation participating in the Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital submitted a solution for the Syrian...