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: US and Iran should stop holding Iraq's political sovereignty hostage
Bank Audi 'regrets' incident of violence at branch
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 a customer..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Bank Audi 'regrets' incident of violence at branch
Iraqi armed factions vow revenge for Shiite commanders’ killings
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 Kataib Hezbollah militia chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iraqi armed factions vow revenge for Shiite commanders’ killings
Egypt reinstates Information Ministry in Cabinet reshuffle
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 Ministry in Cabinet reshuffle
Instead of slandering it, Israel should join the ICC
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 founding treaty and joining it as full-pledged member.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Instead of slandering it, Israel should join the ICC
Hebron tribes oppose UN pact, 'suspicious' feminists
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 Abbas set the minimum age for marriage at 18.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hebron tribes oppose UN pact, 'suspicious' feminists
Censorship highlights role of alternative media outlets in Lebanese revolution
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: Censorship highlights role of alternative media outlets in Lebanese revolution
Iraq’s foreign ministry summons US ambassador over ‘violation of sovereignty’
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: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iraq’s foreign ministry summons US ambassador over ‘violation of sovereignty’
Iraq parliament urges government to oust US-led coalition
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 asking
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iraq parliament urges government to oust US-led coalition
US military would only hit lawful targets in Iran: Pompeo
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 powerful general, would be legal
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: US military would only hit lawful targets in Iran: Pompeo