The Skhirate agreement remains the only document of reference for the resolution of the Libyan crisis, said Wednesday in Rabat Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Al Mechri. It is a constitutional document since it forms part of the constitutional declaration in Libya, Al Mechri told reporters following talks with Minister of […]
Sudan’s Acting Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Tuesday underlined that the removal of the country from the US blacklist has nothing to do with normalization with Israel as Khartoum is rumored to be among countries to follow UAE and Bahrain in the normalization spree with Israel. Sudan has transferred about $700 million to Washington […]
French rail transport and sustainable mobility giant Alstom in partnership with Hyundai Engineering will build the Iraqi capital Bagdad metro project known as Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, Trade Arabia reports. The duo landed the contact during the official visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi to Paris on Tuesday. The consortium, ExpoLink will […]
TurtleTree Labs, a biotech start-up based in Singapore has won the top prize of the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2020, organized in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Zawya reports. TurtleTree Labs bagged $500,000 for the win. The milk-startup is the world’s first to create milk sustainably using animal cell-based technology. The latest prize is the second […]
The European Union, EU, has imposed fresh sanctions on seven ministers of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s government, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The new round of sanctions brings the total number of individuals and entities around the Syrian leader to be targeted to 280 including business people and political figures. The sanctions range from […]
Turkish intelligence services have arrested a Palestinian man for allegedly spying on Arab nationals living in Turkey on behalf of the UAE, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The man, according to a senior Turkish security official who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, confessed to spying on Arab citizens and provided a set of […]
Iran has posted in Sanaa held by Houthi rebels its new ambassador five years after the last envoy departed. Foreign ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh Saturday told Fars news agency that the new diplomat, Hassan Eyrlou had arrived in the Yemeni capital and presented his letters of credentials to Mehdi al-Mashat, head of Yemen’s supreme political […]
German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz is edging toward resumption of its car assembling operations in Egypt after exiting the North African country in 2015 citing unfavorable tariff policy. Two governmental source told local daily subscription media Enterprise that the German automaker could resume its assembling operation in Egypt “very soon”. The media also notes, Mercedes-Benz […]
Egypt has instructed its media to water down criticism of Turkey at time both are engaged in secret talks to iron out conflicting files including Libya, reports say. A source in Egyptian state TV who asked not to be named, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports, told New Khaleej that authorities gave the new instructions as […]
Yemeni Houthi rebels have released US citizens held in their custodies following mediation by Oman, reports say. “Under the directions of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, the relevant authorities in the Sultanate contacted authorities in Sanaa which agreed to release the Americans and to transfer them to the Sultanate before heading home,” Oman state TV said. […]