
Egypt’s parliament approved on Wednesday a controversial maritime agreement with Saudi Arabia that transfers two Red Sea islands to the kingdom, state television and a lawmaker said. The deal, which is still under challenge in court, had sparked rare protests in the country with the opposition accusing the government of ...

Iraqi Army Chief of Staff, General Othman Al-Ghanmi, met yesterday with a high-level Syrian army delegation to discuss security coordination and cooperation on border between the two countries. “The meeting discussed the Iraqi-Syrian field of operations, it being one field against a common enemy, which is the terrorist ISIL organization,” ...