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NNA – Education and Higher Learning Minister, Elias Bou Saab, said that harmony prevailed over yesterday’s meting between Foreign Affairs Minister Gibran Bassil and House Speaker Nabih Berri, warning that “if pending matters, especially political ones, are not resolved, we will reach a bigger crisis.” […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia says its air force has intercepted two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen into the kingdom. A Saudi military statement says the missiles were fired on Wednesday morning toward the cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait, both of which are close […]

SANAA, Yemen: Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition bombed a food factory in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa early on Tuesday, killing 14 civilians working on an overnight shift, according to a factory official and medics. Five women were among those killed in what effectively was […]

CAIRO — Pro-government Libyan militias backed by American air power said Wednesday that they had seized the Islamic State’s last stronghold in the country, in the seaside city of Surt. If confirmed, the capture would be a severe blow to the militant organization’s expansion into […]

Some affected passengers have received mail from airline about compensation Emirates EK521 suffers operational incident DUBAI: Emirates airline has offered a $7,000 (approximately Dh26,000) compensation to passengers who survived the EK521 fire accident while landing in Dubai last week, some passengers told Gulf News on […]

NNA – Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Gebran Bassil, said that Free Patriotic Movement’s position was permanent and consistent; “we oppose the extension and we support the appointment of a new commander of the army.” Minister Bassil’s words came Tuesday in the context of the regular […]

While Israel has stated in the past that it prefers Daesh, also known as ISIS/Islamic State, over the Syrian government under Assad, Israeli military intelligence chief Major General Herzi Halevy has taken that assertion further, telling the Herzliya Conference this week that Israel does not, […]

The controversial “burqini” pool party planned by a Muslim group in France has been canceled following a strong reaction from the public, local media reported. The organizers said they received death threats and one person even received bullets in the mail. The party was set […]

U.S. Special Operations forces are providing direct, on-the-ground support for the first time to fighters battling the Islamic State in Libya, U.S. and Libyan officials said, coordinating American airstrikes and providing intelligence information in an effort to oust the group from a militant stronghold. The […]