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Biden reviews Gulf arms deals, starts slow but long path with Iran

President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday signalled a fresh look at US policy in the Middle East, announcing reviews of massive arms packages for...

Saudi team cleans Holy Kaabah at Grand Mosque in record ’40’ minutes

A team of Saudi expert men cleaned the roof of Holy Kaabah in record 40 minutes at the Grand Mosque of Makkah on Tuesday. Management...

Russia urges Biden must lift sanctions on Tehran to save nuclear deal

Russia said Tuesday it was up to Washington to take the first steps if US President Joe Biden wants to salvage the landmark Iran...

Israel army chief prepares to take on Iran’s nuclear capabilities

Israel's army chief said Tuesday he had ordered that plans be drawn up to counter Iran's nuclear capabilities, in the event of a political...

Moscow, Tehran hold talks, Iran nuclear deal needs to be rescued

Moscow and Tehran called for the rescue of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, as the two countries' foreign ministers held their first talks...

Iran’s Zarif calls on Biden to ‘unconditionally’ lift US sanctions

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Friday called on the new US administration to "unconditionally" lift sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the Islamic...

Turkish fatwa hangs Erdogan’s soft power drive in the balance

Turkey’s state-controlled top religious authority has conditionally endorsed usury in a ruling that is likely to fuel debate about concepts of Islamic finance and...

Op-ed: Middle East futures: Decade(s) of defiance and dissent

If the 2010s were a decade of defiance and dissent, the 2020s promise to make mass anti-government protests a fixture of the greater Middle...

Israel to stop new settlement construction in occupied West Bank: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to halt and reverse its this week’s decision to approve almost 800 new settlement united, most...

Germany hails ‘positive signals’ from Turkey on east Med

Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday hailed "positive signals" from Turkey on the thorny issue of gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean during...

Erdogan seeks to turn ‘new page’ with EU, as Turkey prepares for Biden

Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to break his isolation by mending EU relations, torn by what...

Egypt’s search for a fig leaf: It’s not the Handball World Championship

Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi sees the 2021 men’s handball world championship in Cairo and Alexandria as an opportunity to put his best foot...
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