Saudi apache helicopters hit militias near Jazan
Saudi Arabia’s apache helicopters targeted militia in a border attack across Jazan and recorded direct hits, an Al Arabiya News correspondent reported. Saudi Arabia has…
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Qatari buys Banif to set up private banking
One of the largest private companies in Qatar, Al Faisal Holdings, has bought Banif Portugal group’s 78.6 per cent shareholding in Banif Malta, ending a…
Erdogan and Putin had phone conversation about energy and Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday. In the context of the upcoming…
Families in Aleppo warned to leave
A statement issued said the army had cut off insurgents’ supply lines into the northern city and that it had accurate information about the location…
Will Donald Trump defeat ISIS?
THE ISSUE The Islamic State group seized swaths of land in Iraq and expanded its territory in Syria in a dramatic blitz in 2014, taking…
Interview with the last man who knew Shimon Peres as a child in Poland
Uladzimir Volkau, a 93-year-old man in Belarus who is believed to be the last living childhood neighbor of Shimon Peres, said goodbye to Israeli politician…
Turkey and Iraq in war of words over Mosul
Tensions between Iraq and Turkey have surged as the two neighbours gear up to launch the long-awaited battle to oust the Islamic State group from…
Yerevan abandoned Syrian Armenians to their fate
The Armenian government is not considering the evacuation of Syrian Armenians caught under rocket attacks in Aleppo. This was stated in an interview with Radio…
Arab man gets jail for jumping Dubai tram red light
A 43-year-old driver was sentenced to a month in jail and fined Dh3,000 for crashing into a Dubai Tram after jumping a red light. Dubai…
Emirates eyes to open new flights to Azerbaijan
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, plans to start direct flights between Baku and Abu Dhabi, Dashgin Shikarov, Azerbaijani ambassador to the UAE,…