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A Syrian court has ordered the seizure of Syriatel controlled by President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf who has fallen out with the Syrian leader. The administrative court in a Facebook post said the ruling is to “guarantee the rights Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will resume flights to 20 cities across the world after Emirati authorities opened airports for commercial flights. The regular flights will connect the capital Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Read more
The Algeria President Tuesday renamed the Algerian army’s headquarters after late Chief of State Gen. Ahmed Gaïd Salah who forced former leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down in April last year and led the country until the presidential election in Read more
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro announced plans to visit Iran in view of thanking Teheran after the ally supplied his country with critical five ships loaded with fuel, The New Arab reports. “I am obliged to go to personally thank the Read more
Jordan has put five people on trial after they were charged for plotting suicide attacks on Israeli positions in the Israel-occupied West Bank, a judicial source said on Tuesday. “The state security court recently began legal proceedings against five people Read more
Transiting through Turkey, the UN on Tuesday sent 106 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country. The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib, Syria, through Read more
A plane chartered by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in conflict-torn Yemen. The UN agency said that the supplies include a range of medical Read more
Petrofac, a provider of oilfield services to the international oil and gas industry has announced its Engineering & Production Services division (EPS) has secured a further six-month contract extension with Basra Oil Company (BOC) for its long-standing Iraq Crude Oil Read more
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer has resigned adding that Chief Operation Officer (COO) will take over as caretaker, Bloomberg reports. The bank did not provide reasons for Mazin Manna’s resignation. Manna. Read more
Qatar has branded “incorrect and baseless” rumors that it is planning to leave the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the diplomatic feud with Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain will be three-year old next month. “Reports claiming that Qatar is considering Read more