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The US has exported to the UAE $20 billion in 2017 making the emirate its first export destination in the MENA region for the ninth year in a row. The Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Division at the U.S. Department of Read more
The war in Syria has taken a new turn as Israel conducted a series of strikes against what it describes as Iranian targets. The strike led to a confrontation with Syrian and Iranian forces causing Israel to lose one of Read more
Amid a liberalization drive spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, a top Saudi cleric said that Saudi women should not have to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to shroud their bodies in public. Speaking on his TV show, Sheikh Read more
Saudi officials have strongly denied opening air-space to airlines flying to Israel after reports emerged last week claiming that Air India was allowed to cross Saudi skies on a fly to Tel Aviv. A spokesman for the General Authority for Read more
As the war continues in Yemen leaving a massive human toll estimated at more than 10,000 deaths and 2 million people displaced, the UNESCO has rang the alarm bell regarding Yemen’s ancient monuments and historical sites at risk as hostilities Read more
Gaza hospitals will be able to offer health services after the United Arab Emirates donated $2 million in support of a UN program, supplying electricity to hospitals across the strip, the Abu Dhabi-based official news agency said. The UAE announced Read more
Bahraini authorities held Iran responsible for a plot to bomb a pipeline connecting the country to Saudi Arabia, after the arrest of a four-member terrorist cell with ties to Iran. The Bahraini Interior Ministry said two of the group members Read more
Egypt waved the threat of confrontation if Turkey undermines its interests in the eastern Mediterranean where Cairo signed a gas exploitation deal with Greek Cyprus. “Turkey will face a confrontation with Egypt if it does not respect Cairo’s rights for Read more
The Syrian regime has accused Israel of conducting air strikes targeting ammunition depots at the Jamraya military compound, 10 kilometers to the northeast of Damascus. Syrian media claimed that most of Israeli missiles were intercepted, an information that so far Read more
The UN urged an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to allow for aid delivery to civilians after Syrian regime airstrikes killed 33 people in the de-escalation zone of Eastern Ghouta. Strikes on several locations in the besieged area east of Read more