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In a ceremony at Doha, Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee signed agreements with five local stakeholders’ and issued new tenders. The stakeholders with whom it signed the agreement are Qatar Rail, public works authority Ashghal, Kahramaa (Qatar General Electricity & Water Read more
Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, Nasair, has entered into a code sharing deal with the Etihad Airways in destinations especially across the MENA. The deal covers 26 destinations and awaits the approval of regulatory officials. It will enable the Etihad Airways Read more
As the Hajj and Umrah draw close in Saudi Arabia, the detection of a virus sharing the same family as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus that killed 800 people in 2002 in China is not a news to Read more
A defected Syrian general, Major-General Adnan Sillu, has admitted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of transferring his chemical weapons to the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. According to him, there are plans by the Assad regime to Read more
Following the training exercises aimed at keeping oil and shipping lanes open which begun in the Gulf concerning US and allied navies, Tehran has launched a submarine and a destroyer into the Gulf from Bandar Abbas port with orders coming Read more
A recently concluded study claims that organic products are gaining momentum as the sector is deemed to attain to be experiencing 10% annual growth in sales if the trend continues. Organic farms cover a surface area of 34,997 hectares but Read more
Agility, a logistic firm, has revealed its intentions to invest in countries that experienced Arab Spring with new governments due to their heavy expenses on oil industries and infrastructure. Its chairman and managing director, Tarek Sultan, said that negotiations are Read more
Plans are in the pipeline for the launching of an Initial Public Offering (OPI) by the Al Izz Islamic bank in Oman. At present, the bank is under formation and it will be the second Islamic bank in the Sultanate. Read more
A contract worth almost more than $155 million for the designing and consulting of the construction of Oman’s first major railway has nine international companies or groups lining up their bids according to a tender board official. Most of the Read more
Bahrain’s five municipal councils have announced that their project plans are over millions of dinars for the upcoming year. They have already met the ministers to finalize their plans with each of the municipal councils already having its list of Read more