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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visits Jerusalem’s Hall of Remembrance on April 24. (Gali Tibbon/Agence France-Presse)

Netanyahu Sparks Diplomatic Crisis over German FM Snub

by Nazir Majli | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with Germany when he refused to meet on Tuesday with the European country’s visiting foreign minister in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu canceled the scheduled meeting with Sigmar...

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A guard walks through a cellblock inside Camp V, a prison used to house detainees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, March 5, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong

Guantanamo Bay Camp: Qaeda’s Iraqi Refuses Attending Court Sessions

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Guantanamo – Al Qaeda’s leader Abdul Hadi al Iraqi at his cell in Guantanamo Bay detention camp refused female prison wardens walking him to pre-trial hearings. Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi, who later gained fame under his Qaeda-given alias, Iraqi, appealed to...

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Kuwaiti army helicopters fly past a national flag during a military parade in Kuwait City on March 11, 2009. (Photo: AFP – Yasser al-Zayyat)

Compulsory Military Service Returns to Kuwait

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Kuwait- Kuwait officially started implementing a new mandatory military service law on Tuesday under the name of “National Service,” that was signed by Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on May 4, 2015. Chief of the National Service Authority Maj. Gen....

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An UN vehicle arrives to the headquarters of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) on May 13, 2013 in Laayoune (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)

Guterres Plans to Launch Negotiations on Western Sahara Dispute

by Jordan Dakamseh | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

New York – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was planning to relaunch negotiations over the Western Sahara dispute “with a new spirit.” The UN Security Council is expected to vote Thursday on a draft resolution backing a UN bid to re-start talks on...

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Israeli soldiers near the Golan Heights. (AFP)

7,000 Soldiers Desert Israeli Army Annually

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 26, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – New figures announced by the Israeli army revealed on Wednesday the failure of its plan to reduce the number of desertions. The figures showed that some 7,000 soldiers desert the army, either due to illness or faking an illness, before the end of their...