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Dutch Mosques Lock Their Doors During Prayer Times After Canada Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 31, 2017 | World

Four of the largest mosques in the Netherlands yesterday announced that they would lock their doors during prayer times after six people were killed in an attack on a mosque in the Canadian province of Quebec. In a statement, the four mosques that include Masjid...

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Last year, ISIS launched a wide-scale coordinated assault
on several military checkpoints at once in Egypt’s Sinai province./
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ISIS Activates Terror Cells in Nile Valley

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Egyptian experts said that ISIS has activated its cells in the Nile valley away from the peninsula of Sinai, where it targeted security officers over the past three years. These warnings came with the release of a local study highlighting the flow of huge...

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A ballistic missile is launched and tested in an undisclosed location, Iran, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mahmood Hosseini/TIMA

Iran Violates U.N. Resolutions Again with Ballistic Missile Test

by Khater al-Khater | Jan 31, 2017 | World

Washington- U.S. officials said that Iran has conducted a ballistic missile test in violation of the U.N. resolution put in place after the Iran nuclear deal. Fox News reported exclusively on Monday that Iran has again violated a United Nations resolution with another...

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A Kuwaiti woman casts her vote during parliamentary election in a polling station in Kuwait City, Kuwait November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Kuwait Launches “New Kuwait 2035”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 31, 2017 | Business

Kuwait- Kuwait has launched on Monday “New Kuwait 2035”: a development plan that represents the state’s promising economic future by 2035, a plan that aims at transforming Kuwait to a financial and commercial center that attracts investments. This vision aims at...

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Yemen, Iran, ports, weapons, Houthi Rebels, U.N.

U.N.: ‘Houthi Rebels Plundered 68% of Yemen’s Weapons’

by Jordan Dakamseh | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East

New York- The expert team of the Sanctions Committee, which was established pursuant to U.N. Security Council resolution 2140 for those hindering peaceful political transfer in Yemen, revealed new details in its final report. The report said that Houthi rebels are...