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Post-IS Iraq treads fine line as it seeks regional role
Middle East
March 24, 2019
Post-IS Iraq treads fine line as it seeks regional role
Five years after the Islamic State group swept across Iraq, Baghdad is bidding to reclaim its role as a regional…
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
Middle East
March 7, 2019
Lawyers ask ICC to investigate Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers representing Syrian refugees in Jordan have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Syria for…
Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out in open
Middle East
February 13, 2019
Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out in open
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Mideast conference in Poland starting Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to…
‘Haunted’ Saudi antiquities site tries to woo visitors
Travel
February 5, 2019
‘Haunted’ Saudi antiquities site tries to woo visitors
AL ULA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – In a remote northern corner of Saudi Arabia sit the relics of an ancient…
Natural gas fields give Israel regional political boost
Middle East
January 23, 2019
Natural gas fields give Israel regional political boost
JERUSALEM (AP) — A decade after discovering natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast, Israel is starting to feel the…
Egypt and Jordan’s Foreign Ministers discuss Syrian crisis in Beirut
Egypt
January 20, 2019
Egypt and Jordan’s Foreign Ministers discuss Syrian crisis in Beirut
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi stressed the importance of breaking the current deadlock…
Air Arabia Egypt launches flights between Sharm al-Sheikh and Amman
Travel
January 13, 2019
Air Arabia Egypt launches flights between Sharm al-Sheikh and Amman
Air Arabia Egypt announced Sunday it would launch new direct flights between the Red Sea resort city of Sharm…
Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria’s Assad
Middle East
January 13, 2019
Arab nations inch toward rehabilitating Syria’s Assad
BEIRUT (AP) — He has survived eight years of war and billions of dollars in money and weapons aimed…
Sisi, King Abdullah II hold talks on Middle East peace process in Amman
Egypt
January 13, 2019
Sisi, King Abdullah II hold talks on Middle East peace process in Amman
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held bilateral talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II arriving in Amman on Sunday, followed…
Sisi to visit Jordan on Sunday, hold talks with King Abdullah II
Egypt
January 12, 2019
Sisi to visit Jordan on Sunday, hold talks with King Abdullah II
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will visit Jordan on Sunday for a one-day visit during which he will hold…