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Comment: Iraqis have been decrying Iranian and US interference in their affairs for many years, it's time they were handed the reins, writes Imad K. Harb.. Source: Albawaba Full Article:…

Bank Audi, one of Lebanon's leading banks, issued a statement Friday condemning an incident that took place earlier in the day where employees from a local branch were seen beating…

Iraqi politicians and leaders of Shiite armed groups now incorporated into government forces have vowed to get revenge for the US drone attack that killed IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani and…

Egyptian member of parliament Osama Haikal will return as minister of state for information affairs after Egypt abolished the ministry in 2014. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Egypt reinstates Information…

Israel has a fairly easy option for dealing with the decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to probe suspicions of alleged Israeli war crimes: ratifying the court’s…

Tribes in Hebron rejected the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and some threatened to shut down feminist organizations after Palestinian President Mahmoud…

Twitter has blocked the accounts of several Lebanese activists supporting the popular movement in what some believe is part of a systematic campaign against it. Source: Al Monitor Full Article:…

Iraq’s foreign ministry summoned the US Ambassador to Iraq on Sunday over “violation of sovereignty,” it said in a statement. The foreign ministry denounced the US airstrikes in Iraq Source:…

Iraq’s Parliament called for the expulsion of US troops from the country Sunday in reaction to the American drone attack that killed a top Iranian general. Lawmakers approved a resolution…

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that any target the US military may strike in Iran, in the event Iran retaliates against America for killing its most…