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Olmert sentenced to 6 years in prison for taking bribes

Ehud Olmert

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a fine of one million shekels (about 210,000 euros) for taking bribes when he was mayor of Jerusalem. The urban corruption scandal cost him the leadership of government in 2009. A judge in Tel Aviv considers it proven that Olmert, […]

“Egypt now is an army that has a country”, Yahia Hamed

Mr Yehia Hamed

Squeeze his hand firmly and does not hesitate to say hello to deliver your card: Minister of Investment of Egypt reads next to a small red, white and black flag with a golden eagle in the middle. Yahia Hamed led the investment portfolio during the government of Mohamed Morsi, ousted in a coup on July […]

Neighbors return to Homs as Assad opens the campaign

The remains of the Carlton Citadel hotel in Aleppo

Syrian civilians have started this weekend the return to areas of Homs newly reconquered by the forces of Bashar al-Assad. Return to what’s left of their homes after two years of relentless siege and over three years of civil war. Syrian insurgents surrendered last week the last pockets of resistance in the third-largest city. Before […]

Yemen arrests two Frenchmen belonging to Al Qaeda

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A military spokesman announced Friday the arrest of two French jihadis who were fighting in the ranks of Al Qaeda in southern Yemen, according to the state news agency Saba. In addition, the army claims to have killed two suspected members of the organization, an explosives expert of Dagestani nationality and a Saudi. Since late […]

An explosion destroyed a hotel and other buildings in the center of Aleppo

The remains of the Carlton Citadel hotel in Aleppo

An explosion in Aleppo, the second largest city of Syria, Monday has destroyed the Citadel Carlton hotel and other neighboring buildings, according to Syrian media and activists cited by the BBC. Insurgents detonated a device placed in an excavated tunnel building foundations, which, according to opponents of the regime of Bashar al-Assad groups, government troops […]

Al Sisi: “The Muslim Brotherhood will not Return”

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No concessions to the Muslim Brotherhood. This is one of the axes of the program Abdel Fatah al Sisi, former defense minister of Egypt and great favorite in the presidential elections to be held on 26th and 27th May. Al Sisi Monday appeared for his first television interview in which he revealed for the first […]

Syrian insurgents handed Homs, a city symbol of revolt

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Syrian rebels began on Wednesday leaving the last insurgent strongholds in the city of Homs. The cradle of the revolt against Bashar al-Assad in 2011 will be well in the hands of the regime that underwent two years of relentless siege. The UN and Iran sent supervisors to observe the removal, pursuant to an agreement […]

Syrian rebels finalized the withdrawal of Homs after surrendering

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The rebels finalized the withdrawal of Homs, Syria ‘s third city, a symbol of resistance against the regime in Damascus. The agreement last Friday gave two-day ceasefire to treat the withdrawal of rebel militias to positions north of the city. A change of Homs leave without retaliation, the rebels agreed to release prisoners and hand […]

Egyptian Army Consolidated its Hegemony Before Presidential Elections

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The Army is the most powerful institution in Egypt since 1952, the year of the revolution led by Gamal Abdel Nasser. In these six decades, the military has controlled the country with a brief interlude of a year, the government of the Islamist Mohamed Morsi, ousted by a coup last July 3. Since then, the […]

Etihad Airways Reveal Luxury Suites in Upcoming A380 Jets

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The Abu-Dhabi based Etihad Airways is soon going to be launching ‘first apartments’, an exclusive luxury flight package that beats first-class air travel. Calling it the ‘world’s most luxurious living space in the air’, Etihad revealed that these apartments or residences will be spread over 125sq ft, and passengers who have the money to pay […]

Rebel attacks flare up into positions of Assad

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The rebel offensive in areas controlled by the regime of Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war has intensified areas recently. Two separate car bomb attacks on two towns in the province of Hama last week killed at least 18 people, including 11 children. According to the state news agency Sana, another 50 people were […]

Coronavirus Infected Patients in Saudi Arabia increased 86% in April

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In two years, the new coronavirus that appeared in the Middle East has affected at least 723 people, of which 131 have died, according to the last count of the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). These figures have soared in the last month, where  cases only in Saudi Arabia increased by 86 %. In […]

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