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French police secure the site near the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, February 3, 2017 after a French soldier shot and wounded a man armed with a machete and carrying two bags on his back as he tried to enter the Paris Louvre museum. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior Confirms Louvre Attack Suspect Is Egyptian

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Feb 5, 2017 | World

Cairo – Egypt’s interior ministry has finally admitted to the French reports that the suspect of the Louvre museum attack on Friday is Egyptian. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Saturday, through which it expressed Egypt’s condemnation of...

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Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr. Reuters

Yemen: 23 al-Qaeda Terrorists Killed in Lawdar

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East

London- “Al-Qaeda sleeper cells in Arabian Peninsula woke up to the victory achieved by the legal government and the Arab Coalition as well as international changes including the new U.S. stance towards the Iranian policy and its allies in the region,” commented...

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Mohamed bin Zayed receives Egypt’s Foreign Minister

Egypt, UAE Agree to Fight Terrorism, Solve Crisis in Syria and Libya

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met on Saturday in Abu Dhabi with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who conveyed a verbal message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...

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The Fitch Ratings logo is seen at their offices at Canary Wharf financial district in London,Britain, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

Fitch Downgrades Tunisia to ‘B+’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2017 | Business

Cairo- Fitch Ratings has downgraded Tunisia’s long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-’. The outlook is stable. The agency explained this by “the collapse of tourism in the context of elevated security risks, slowdown in investment...

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Syriac Christians from Turkey and Syria attend a mass at the Mort Shmuni Syriac Orthodox Church in the town of Midyat, in Mardin province of southeast Turkey in this February 2, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/Files

Syria’s Christians Concerned about Post-War Existence

by Nazeer Rida | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East

Birut- Some of Syria’s Christians fear that their existence in the post-war Syria would be threatened, particularly following the latest political and military developments accompanying the crisis. Those Christians expressed their worries after they were ruled out...