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Crown Prince Mohammed with US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly (SPA)

Crown Prince Receives US Secretary of Homeland Security

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 8, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, received in Jeddah on Sunday evening US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, US President’s Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Thomas...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool

Netanyahu’s Government Revives Bill on ‘Jewish State’ Status

by Nazir Majli | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revived on Sunday hopes on declaring Israel a Jewish State after a ministerial committee approved the revised version of a bill pushed by right-wingers. The draft law still has to be presented to the...

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Kurdish Peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against ISIS militants in Khazer in 2014. REUTERS photo

International Coalition Supports Erbil to Unify, Develop Peshmerga

by Dalshad Abdullah | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil– A team of advisors from the US, British and German ministries of defense, in cooperation with the government in Kurdistan, are seeking to establish a unified and developed Kurdish military force within the ranks of the Peshmerga. A statement issued on Sunday by...

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French President-elect Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of the Louvre Palace in Paris following his victory in Sunday’s elections. (AFP)

Macron Elected President as France Commits to Europe

by Michel Abu Najm | May 8, 2017 | World

Paris – The French people elected on Sunday centrist Emmanuel Macron, 39, as their new president, to become the youngest head of the republic. The former economy minister emphatically defeated his rival National Front leader Marine Le Pen by a large margin of 65.9...

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The town of Tabqa in Syria/AFP

Foreign ISIS Radicals in Syria Turn Against Tabqa Agreement

by Paula Astih | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Foreign ISIS radicals turned on Sunday against an agreement reached with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to withdraw from Tabqa in the Raqqa province and decided to continue fighting in two neighborhoods inside the Syrian city. Meanwhile, reports coming...