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Libya’s UN backed Prime Minister-designate has ruled out international military intervention in the anti-IS campaign taking place in the North African country. Faiez Serraj in an interview with French paper “Journal du Dimanche” published on Sunday said despite the international Read more
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said Riyadh will not be increasing its oil output because “there is no reason to expect that Saudi Arabia is going to go on a flooding campaign” as he reassured that “we will be very Read more
Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF,) the oil-rich kingdom’s long-term sovereign investment arm, has pumped $3.5 billion into Uber and will henceforth occupy a seat as a member of the Board of Directors. The amount is the highest solitary amount Read more
Cairo announced a four-day opening of the Rafah border crossing point with the Gaza Strip beginning on Wednesday through Sunday with the exception of Friday. The decision is seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the Islamic holy month of Read more
Sheikh Ali Salman, General Secretary of the Al Wefaq Islamic Society, saw his sentence increased from 4 to 9 years in prison after Bahrain’s Public Prosecution appealed for heavier sentence. Sheikh Ali is accused of promoting a forceful change of Read more
Lt. General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, commander in charge of the Fallujah operation, said there are “violent clashes” on the city’s outskirts as “the counter-terrorism troops along with other armed forces and Anbar (province) police have started pushing into the city” from Read more
The European Council extended EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime until 1 June 2017. The decision, made last Friday, falls in line with the Council conclusions of December 2014, which affirmed that the EU would continue imposing and enforcing Read more
Data released by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency showed that the kingdom’s foreign assets dropped by 1.1% in April highlighting that Riyadh is struggling with its finances as it is the 15th consecutive month that foreign assets are dwindling. The Read more
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN’s special envoy for Yemen, said talks being held in Kuwait are progressing but underlined that reaching an agreement for a sustainable and inclusive settlement cannot be reached overnight. He said “there is no time limit” Read more
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for the temporal suspension of the weekly Friday protests by followers of influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to enable the military to focus on liberating Fallujah. “We ask our dear young people to postpone Read more