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President Obama meets GCC in Saudi Arabia to discuss security

President Barack Obama met Thursday with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss regional security issues in the Arabian Gulf including the fight against...

Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win

He once wanted to "wipe out" Twitter and compared social media to a "murderer's knife", but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn't resist sending a...

British Foreign Secretary: 'no crisis' between Saudi Arabia and Britain

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has denied there is a crisis in Saudi-British relations, reported the Telegraph Sunday. Secretary Hammond said Saudi's relationship with Britain...

Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages

Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...

Libya opens an embassy in Damascus

In a call to unite the two countries in their common fight against Turkey-backed militant groups, Libya's government linked to military commander Khalifa Haftar...

Russia shows military strength in Syria ahead of peace talks

Russian warplanes were taking off Wednesday from their base in Syria's coastal province of Latakia, which was bustling with activity as Moscow pressed its...

Syria Crisis: Riyadh remains committed to backing the rebels fighting to overthrow Assad

Efforts to end the war in Syria have been under intense global focus, and were the subject of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and...

New Saudi energy minister shows he takes OPEC seriously

For OPEC watchers, every little detail matters. When the oil producer group holds its half-yearly meetings, what time the ministers arrive in Vienna, how they...

In Yemen capital, fears over fighting cloud Eid holiday

Residents of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Friday marked another Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday under the shadow of war, scared their city could be...

Tillerson attends landmark Saudi, Iraq meeting

Riyadh, Oct 22, 2017 (AFP) - Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson attended a landmark meeting Sunday between Saudi Arabia and Iraq aimed at upgrading...

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