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Rubio in Middle East tour says any Iran deal will ensure security of Gulf alliesU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured Gulf Arab allies that any deal with Iran would prioritize their security interests. Concluding ...- Trump says Iran talks ‘proceeding nicely’, pushes for expanded Abraham AccordsUS President Donald Trump stated Iran negotiations are progressing well. He warned of a larger conflict if a deal is not reached. Trump als...
- A quiet Gulf player may steal Pakistan’s ‘miracle’ momentNegotiations around a possible Iran–US ceasefire have shifted focus towards a Gulf state near the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions over ...
- Syria sets deadline for 'small groups' to join Defence MinistrySyria's defence minister has urged remaining small armed groups to integrate into the security apparatus within 10 days, threatening unspec...
- Syria's long-ruling Baath party faces collapseFollowing the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, Syria's Baath party has frozen its activities, signaling the end of its six-decade rule....
- Syria's Baath party oversaw half a century of repressionSyria's Baath party, under the Assad dynasty, ruled with an iron fist for over five decades. Hafez al-Assad seized power in a 1970 coup, es...
- Hamas attack: Iran’s expanding footprints across Arab worldThe world's biggest non-Sunni country has become a key factor in the West Asian fault lines creating its proxy groups in Lebanon and Yemen ...
- Iraq's election: How it works, main playersA new single-member constituency system is supposed to boost independents and reduce traditional political blocs, largely centred on religi...
- Bahrain PM Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa quelled opposition unrest, defended dynastic ruleReviled by the mainly Shi'ite Muslim opposition as a leading barrier to reform in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, Sheikh Khalifa advocated a tough...
- UAE gets Israeli visa exemptions, a first for Arab worldUntil recently, only Egypt and Jordan had full relations with Israel, but their nationals must still apply for entry permits. Some citizens...
- Donald Trump says Bahrain agrees to normalize relations with IsraelTrump tweeted out the news after he spoke by phone to both Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
- Donald Trump seeks to revive 'Arab NATO' to confront IranTension with Iran has increased since Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 international deal.
- Republican presidential candidates vow to take on ISIS"Look, the threat we face from ISIS is unprecedented. There has never been a jihadist group like this," said Senator Marco Rubio
- Cash-rich Arab sympathisers funding IS militants: ReportIS is receiving significant financial support from Arab sympathisers outside Iraq and Syria, enabling it to expand its war effort, a report...
- US, Iraqis helping to train Sunni fighters against Islamic State : USUS forces and their Iraqi counterparts have trained about 2,000 Sunni fighters in Iraq as part of efforts to defeat IS extremist group, say...
- Barack Obama to woo skeptical allies in Iraq offensiveObama is hopeful he can build a broad coalition in the region because Sunni states are beginning to recognize that Islamic State is a grave...
- Jihadists control 75% of Iraq’s largest oil refinery in Baiji: OfficialSunni extremists have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery ...
- Shias, Sunnis sectarianism turns into a nightmare for SyriaIt is the larger picture, the shape the civil war in Syria is acquiring, that can have severe repercussions across West Asia and the rest o...
- Syria's Assad must go; but sanctions reveal West's hypocrisyThe US, leading the western world with its long-standing antipathy towards the Syrian regime, has gone further and imposed new sanctions.
- Muslim Brotherhood seeks India help for polls in EgyptThe possibility of India helping out with Egypt elections was also raised by US secretray of state Hillary Clinton with foreign minister S ...
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