INTERVIEWS An analyst says the US raids in Yemen may be aimed at the Houthis rather than al-Qaeda, because it doesn’t make sense that Washington targets the terrorists Riyadh is using to advance its agenda there.
9 YEARS AGO IRAQ Iraqi government forces have managed to take full control of Wadi al-Hajar neighborhood in western neighborhood.
9 YEARS AGO RUSSIA It was the first high-level military contact after NATO unilaterally froze ties with Moscow.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS The president of CNN says Donald Trump is obsessed with watching the news network "days and nights."
9 YEARS AGO INTERVIEWS An analyst says Riyadh, the United States and its allies have been behind the terrorism plaguing Syria.
9 YEARS AGO NORTH AFRICA Russia says it is ready to broker talks between rival authorities in Libya.
9 YEARS AGO SAUDI ARABIA Members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party warn of a Saudi plan to gain full control of an entire atoll in the country.
9 YEARS AGO YEMEN At least six Yemeni civilians are killed and several others injured as Saudi jets bombard residential areas with cluster bombs.
9 YEARS AGO SOCIETY A new report by the US Department of Homeland Security reveals that most foreign-born violent extremists become radicalized after living in the US.
9 YEARS AGO ECONOMY The Abbasi Hotel in Iran’s central city of Isfahan has been described as the most beautiful hotel in the Middle East.
9 YEARS AGO RUSSIA The Russian foreign minister slams the scandal over the alleged ties between Moscow and the US president as “a witch hunt.”
9 YEARS AGO CHINA China says it is concerned by ongoing military maneuvers by the United States and South Korea.
9 YEARS AGO FRANCE French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says she will hold a referendum on France’s potential exit from the European Union if elected.
9 YEARS AGO TURKEY German officials evacuate the city hall of Gaggenau over a bomb threat which came after the town cancelled a Turkish event.
9 YEARS AGO FOREIGN POLICY Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with IAEA Director Yukiya Amano at the State Department in Washington on Thursday.
9 YEARS AGO IRAQ Turkey-backed Kurdish fighters engage in deadly clashes with militants affiliated with the anti-Ankara Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Syria.
9 YEARS AGO ECONOMY China’s telecom giant ZTE is reportedly trying to reach a deal to plead guilty to US criminal charges that it violated sanctions barring trade with Iran.
9 YEARS AGO POLITICS Christopher Steele has been approached to testify on his explosive dossier about President Trump’s alleged links with Russia.
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