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Boeing is in full swing. After the $15.1 billion deal with the Dubai carrier, Emirates, Kuwait’s ALAFCO placed a $2.2 billion order with the US aviation company. The aviation Lease and Finance company has placed an order of twenty 737 Read more
Dubai-based Emirates carrier Sunday inked with Boeing a first draft deal for the delivery of 40 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners at Dubai air show, upstaging therefore an expected deal with Airbus. The deal worth $15.1 billion also includes other equipment. The Read more
King Mohammed VI is paying an official visit to Qatar against the backdrop of tense ties between Doha on one side and Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain on the other side. Morocco’s Monarch, who flew to Doha Sunday after a Read more
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri gave his first interview in Riyadh to a Lebanese TV channel saying that he will return to Lebanon soon to formally confirm his stepping down and that his country risks enduring sanctions by Gulf countries Read more
Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has denounced in a report the crimes against humanity committed by forces loyal to Bashar Al Assad in Syria through their “starve or surrender” strategy and sieges that have devastated areas controlled by the opposition. Read more
Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, arrested early Monday in the West Bank, Tariq Qa’adan, an alleged member of Gaza-based Islamic Jihad. The arrest came as the war of words between Israel and the groups in Gaza heats up following Read more
A deadly tremor hit the Iraq-Iran border overnight killing more than 330 people and injuring thousands more, most of whom on the Iranian side. The casualty toll of the 7.3-magnitude quake is expected to rise as rescue operations progress. The Read more
King Mohammed VI on Sunday arrived in Qatar for an official visit, coming from Abu Dhabi where he paid a few-day friendship and work visit. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani offered in honor of the Moroccan King an official Read more
The Lebanese president has asked Saudi Arabia to clarify the whereabouts of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who has announced his resignation from Riyadh on November 4. Michel Aoun has not accepted the shock resignation a week ago, suggesting that anything Read more
Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to recapture the last pocket of territory still held by IS, the town of Rawa. The Euphrates valley town of Rawa and nearby villages were bypassed by government troops and allied militia when they Read more