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Chairman Yahya bin Said bin Abdullah Al Jabri of the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqum (SEZAD) met with the head of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture Masoud Khansari in Iran on Monday to discuss and encourage Read more
The low oil prices seem to be taking its toll on Saudi Arabia according to Insight Discovery, a financial services market intelligence company, after the oil rich kingdom’s monetary agency withdrew billions of dollars from global asset managers. Countries dependent Read more
Iraq announced Sunday that an agreement has been reached with Iran, Russia and Syria to cooperate against the Islamic State through an intelligence committee to be based in Baghdad. Saad al-Hadithi, the spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, who made Read more
The Financial Times revealed that the British Finance Minister is ready to lead a strong business delegation to Iran next year if Tehran respects the historic nuke accord it clinched with world leaders in July, in Vienna. George Osborne, the Read more
The determined Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi who is being hailed for his courageous reforms had escaped two assassination attempts according to a senior Iraqi government official who talked to Asharq Al-Awsat on condition of anonymity. The latest of two Read more
Proposals made to Kuwait by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut the 2015 budget deficit estimated at around $23.2 billion was not welcomed by the National Assembly because some of the proposed reforms will hurt the livelihood of the Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s one day official visit to Moscow ended with President Putin assuring him that Moscow’s intervention in Syria doesn’t pose a threat to the Jewish State although a senior Israeli official said the two countries have agreed Read more
Saudi security authorities announced Monday they sent back home 534 Pilgrims caught with counterfeit visas and travelling documents. The Head of the Saudi Passport service Maj. Gen. Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya said they completed the arrival procedures of pilgrims coming Read more
Egypt started filling the trenches that it dug along its border with the Gaza Strip with seawater last week and Hamas is urging Cairo to suspend its actions because of the dangers it poses. Egypt started digging the trenches last Read more
The Iranian government is determined to increase its oil production as it works towards regaining its past glory as the second biggest producer among OPEC members before U.S, E.U and U.N economic sanctions. Global oil prices have been dropping since Read more