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The Union of the Comoros

Comoros Shuts Down Iranian Bureaus Operating under Charity Pretexts

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 17, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – The Ambassador of the Union of the Comoros to Saudi Arabia, Al-Habib Abbas Abdullah, said that his country has closed down Iranian organizations that were pretending to perform charitable works, while seeking to extend the Shiite ideology in the...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a “Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS: Joint Plenary Session” at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2016. (Reuters)

Riyadh Meeting Promotes Cooperation in Fighting ISIS

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 16, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – General staff chiefs of fourteen countries of the Global Coalition Against ISIS have pledged to upgrade coordination and promote efforts to “paralyze” ISIS’ capabilities. A conference of the Global Coalition against ISIS at the general staff chiefs level...

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US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (C) hosts defense ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL (ISIS) at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, July 20, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB

Global Coalition against ISIS’s Chiefs of General Staff Meet in Saudi Arabia

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 15, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia hosts in Riyadh on Sunday the general staff chiefs of fourteen countries of the Global Coalition Against ISIS. Representatives of Saudi Arabia, U.S., Jordan, UAE, Bahrain, Turkey, Tunisia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco and...

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A freed Yemeni detainee smiles after arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Saudi Interior Ministry Receives 4 Yemeni Detainees from Guantanamo

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 6, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – Upon the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, four Yemeni detainees arrived from Guantanamo at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The royal gesture comes in response to a request by Yemeni President Abed Rabu Mansour Hadi...

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A boy carries a bag of sugar to his family during food distribution by Yemeni volunteers in Taiz, Yemen. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)

U.S. State Department: Firm Stance on Political Solution in Yemen

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh – The U.S. State Department said that it has maintained a firm stance towards the need to reach a political solution to the war in Yemen, based on the outcome of the national dialogue, the Gulf Initiative and U.N. Security Council Resolution 2216. An official...