The region hopes that its security role will yield financial benefits and attract foreign aid amid an unprecedented economic crisis. Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said on Monday they had foiled a planned attack on foreign diplomats in their autonomous regional capital of Erbil, more than a year after the …
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Egypt worried about Hamas-Turkey close ties
Egypt has demanded that Turkey stay away from issues the Egyptians are dealing with, including efforts to end the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction.
Read More »France warns citizens to be cautious as anger seethes in Muslim world
France warned its citizens living or traveling in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions on Tuesday as anger surged over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Read More »Mossad brought Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Israel
The Mossad brought China’s coronavirus vaccine to Israel in recent weeks in order to study and learn from it, Channel 12 reported on Monday.Multiple government sources indirectly confirmed the report.
Read More »Iraqi Sunni politicians organize a new political front
A recent massacre of Sunni youths in central Iraq and concerns that sectarian violence may pull the country back into dark times seem to have fostered plans for a new sect-based political bloc and rekindled talk of an autonomous Sunni region.
Read More »Sisi appoints Salafist party members to Egyptian Senate
Although the Salafist Nour party failed to secure any seats in the Senate, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi decided to appoint two party representatives to the Senate.
Read More »Palestinian president stacks Jerusalem branch with loyalists
As the possibility of Palestinian elections becomes more real, new and unexpected conflicts are propping up. In addition to the expected hurdles that Israel might put up, as well as the need for Fatah and Hamas to find common ground, an unexpected problem has arisen.
Read More »Boycotts of French goods launched in Kuwait, Qatar over prophet cartoons
Supermarkets in Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere in the Muslim world are pulling French products off their shelves to protest recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron over controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Read More »Erdogan goes on offense against European leaders in defense of lslam
Along with other businesses, Mevlana Mosque in Berlin was searched by police on Oct. 21 during dawn prayers. The mosque — a well-known establishment in the heart of Berlin’s Kreuzberg district — belongs to the Turkish-Islamist Milli Gorus (National View) movement, which is a member of the Islamist Federation and …
Read More »Turkish lira slump continues as foreign tensions simmer
The Turkish lira continued record losses Tuesday against major currencies as analysts questioned Central Bank independence and Ankara saw political spats deepen with foreign allies.
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