The Nuri mosque in Mosul was constructed in the 12th century. “Since its construction in the second half of the 12th century CE, Al-Nouri Mosque was invested as Mosul’s Great Mosque. It has been a core site in the urban life and development of the Old City of Mosul,” UNESCO says. Central to the … Read more
French diplomats saw the agreement as win-win: a way to extend the country’s soft power through cultural diplomacy while also opening up possible new revenue streams for French businesses. They pointed to the Louvre Abu Dhabi as an example, a museum for which the Emiratis paid €400 million for the rights to use the Louvre … Read more
CIA official Asif William Rahman was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia on Tuesday and charged with disclosing classified documents allegedly showing Israel’s retaliation plans against Iran, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. He was brought to a federal court in Guam to face charges. Rahman was indicted by a US federal court … Read more
Iran is building what it termed a “defensive tunnel” in the capital, Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday, following two counter-strikes by Israel on Iran, including one last month. Israel’s air force counter-attacked Iran on April 19 and in a much larger series of strikes on October 26 after the Islamic … Read more
Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts next week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time they have attended since the former insurgents took power in 2021. The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku will be among the highest-profile multilateral events attended by Taliban … Read more
Enas Al Hinti has cut staff pay in half and asked workers to take unpaid leave in an effort to keep her hotel in Jordan’s ancient city of Petra open, as Western holidaymakers fearful of conflict shun destinations in the Middle East. A crisis across the region’s tourism industry since the start of the Israel-Gaza … Read more
Riyadh: A resolution passed at an Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit in Riyadh has warned of the escalating conflict in the Middle East and its potential regional and global consequences. The resolution, published on Monday in full by the Saudi Press Agency, also warned of the expansion of the aggression on the Gaza Strip, now … Read more
Hezbollah is laying the groundwork to claim victory in the fight with Israel. Israel launched Operation Northern Arrows against Hezbollah on September 23. The operation has now gone on for six weeks. Israel has carried out numerous airstrikes in Beirut, Tyre, and Baalbek. On the border, the IDF has carried out limited operations in … Read more
The chief of staff of Saudi Arabia’s armed forces, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, visited Tehran on Sunday to meet with his Iranian counterpart and discuss defense ties, state media reported the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff as saying. The visit follows the election of Donald Trump, who will take office for a second term as US … Read more
Israel’s new Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar mentioned the Kurdish people in his first speech upon taking office. “The Kurdish people are a great nation, one of the largest nations without political independence,” Sa’ar said at a ceremony marking the handover of the ministry from outgoing Foreign Minister Israel Katz to Sa’ar. Israel has enjoyed … Read more
