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Firefighters work at the site of a fire at the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center in Kuwait City, Kuwait (AP)

Kuwait: Information Minister Resigns to Defuse Tension Between Government, Parliament

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East

Kuwait – Kuwait’s Information and Youth Minister Sheikh Salman Humoud Al-Sabah submitted his resignation on Monday, in a move aimed at defusing tension between the Cabinet and Parliament. The minister’s resignation came two days before he was scheduled to face a...

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A fighter from the Free Syrian Army plays with a dog at a checkpoint captured from ISIS group jihadis near the town of Qabasin, located northeast of the city of Al-Bab, some 30 km from Aleppo/ AFP

ISIS Besieged in Al-Bab, Disputes among Astana Sponsors

by Said Abdul Razzak | Feb 7, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Moscow – ISIS militants are now encircled in the city of al-Bab after Syrian regime forces advanced Monday in the north of Syria towards the south of the city while the Turkish army and Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions tightened the lose on the terrorist...

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Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman with head of the Ulema Council of Pakistan

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Receives Head of Pakistani Ulema Council

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, held talks with Hafiz Muhammad Tahir al-Ashrafi, head of the Ulema Council of Pakistan, in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they reviewed close relations binding the...

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Russia Seeks to Defuse Tension between Tehran, Washington

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 7, 2017 | World

Moscow – Russia tried on Monday to ease Washington’s escalating stances against Tehran by vowing to exert all efforts that could reduce tension between both countries – particularly that Moscow is worried by the latest positions of U.S. President Donald...