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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the new US ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim countries was “truly shameful”.

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An American military airstrike in Yemen has killed Abu Khattab al-Awlaqi, a “trusted and experienced” emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and two of his colleagues, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced.

Contents: Selection of new Saudi crown prince portends rapid changes in Mideast; Mohammed bin Salman expected to follow a belligerent foreign policy; Iran’s ballistic missile launch on Syria said to be a flop

Contents: Qatar-Arab crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon; Differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia run deep and will worsen

A long-simmering international crisis in the Middle East boiled over on Monday as some of the most powerful nations in the Arab world severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism and taking sides with Shiite Iran against Sunni Muslim governments.

The recent terrorist attack in the United Kingdom prompted President Donald Trump to resume his pursuit of the travel ban to prevent terrorism in the United States.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei launched his latest rhetorical broadside at Iran’s arch-rivals in Saudi Arabia from a ceremony commemorating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan on Saturday. Khamenei said the Saudi rulers are “worthless, inept, and villainous.”

TEL AVIV – In an unprecedented move, an Israeli Knesset minister met in public with officials from Gulf states and a Palestinian diplomat in Ecuador, and credited President Donald Trump’s efforts in the Middle East for bringing it about.

Multiple U.S. special forces were recently injured during a raid against the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), considered the most potent branch of the jihadist group.

As tensions mount in the Middle East, one cannot help but wonder whether eschatological factors are playing out or whether nations looking to influence outcomes in a positive way still have roles to play. Those of us unwilling yet to accept end-of-world prophecies prefer the emphasis be put upon the latter.

The humanitarian situation in the Yemeni provinces of Hudaydah and Taiz is deteriorating further, driving families to live out “in the open in harsh conditions” and resort to “begging and child labor” to survive, reports the United Nations as a cholera epidemic grips the war-ravaged nation.

Yemen’s long-running and brutal civil war has produced a horrifying outbreak of cholera, which the World Health Organization says has killed 51 people since April 27, with new victims reported constantly.

Hard on the heels of the Islamic State telling its Western adherents how to use Craigslist and eBay to set up murders and hostage situations, an al-Qaeda leader posted an online video asking jihadis in the West to carry out “easy and simple” terrorist attacks.

On Sunday, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan threatened destruction against every part of Saudi Arabia, except the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, if hostilities should erupt between the two countries.

Jihadists from the Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), considered by the United States the most dangerous branch of the terrorist group, have fought alongside U.S.-backed Yemeni factions, claims the leader of the organization.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, where she is expected to press royals on a number of sensitive issues, including taking in refugees, while also boosting important business ties in her first visit to the country in seven years.

President Trump made defeating radical Islamic terrorists a key part of his presidential campaign. So far in his first 100 days, experts say he is making good on that promise.

The initiative formally known as the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, but often referred to in shorthand as “Muslim NATO” or “Arab NATO,” is a proposed 41-nation project to combat the Islamic State and other extremist groups. It has been under construction since late 2015.

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis pressed for a political settlement of the Yemen conflict between the Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels when he arrived in the Riyadh this week as part of a multi-nation tour of the Middle East and North Africa.

Britain has apologised after an egg was thrown at a Saudi military official during a visit to London, Saudi state media said Sunday.

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton paid a visit to Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday to offer his thoughts on some top news items of the day.

Contents: With Arab world in chaos, Arab League summit displays lack of leadership and influence; Arab League plays it safe by only condemning Israel and terrorism

Reuters reports that at least four suspected al-Qaeda militants were killed in a Tuesday night drone strike against a vehicle in Yemen.

President Donald Trump’s administration has substantially increased military support for the Saudi-led Sunni coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Shiite Houthis in Yemen, countering the growing investment Iran has made in its allies in the war-torn country.

Three intelligence sources told the Daily Beast that the intelligence behind the ban on carry-on electronics for flights from several Middle Eastern countries came from January’s U.S. raid on al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Nearly seven million people in Yemen are reportedly facing famine as the war-ravaged nation declines into further disarray.

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Thursday following what the Saudi government proclaimed to be a successful meeting with President Donald Trump. The two reportedly discussed tensions in the Middle East with a focus on “confronting Iran’s destabilizing regional activities.”

ADEN (AFP) – Dozens of Somali refugees including women and children have been shot dead aboard a boat on the Red Sea, Yemeni officials and the International Organization for Migration said Friday. The bodies of 33 refugees were taken to hospitals in

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) hosted a panel discussion about President Donald Trump’s temporary visa ban, where the group’s policy director suggested the commander-in-chief’s executive order was a “white nationalist effort to change the trajectory of immigration” in the United States.

The number of U.S. military airstrikes against al-Qaeda in Yemen so far this month have surpassed those that occurred during any year under former President Barack Obama’s presidency.

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The U.S. general in charge of the Middle East and North Africa said Thursday he has found no evidence of incompetence, poor decision-making, or bad judgment in a January special operations raid in Yemen.

WASHINGTON— Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) remains able to gain territory and position itself as a legitimate ruler in various areas of Yemen, carrying on with its efforts to build an Islamic state, according to congressional testimony.

Both versions of President Trump’s executive order have been caricatured as a “Muslim ban,” even though they applied to only six or seven specific countries, leaving 90 percent of the world’s population out of the mix.

Fox News delivers an astonishing report about the extent of Iran’s smuggling network.