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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has expressed its readiness to help Lebanon address its socioeconomic challenges and alleviate pressure exerted on the country’s infrastructures due to refugee influx. “Lebanon is a country of immense potential and crucial for Read more
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman said in an interview with US-based CBS Sunday that Saudi Arabia annually loses around $20 billion because of graft practices and that the November purge directed at top officials and business tycoons was necessary. An Read more
The Turkish embassy in the Danish capital Copenhagen was attacked early Monday with Molotov cocktails, local police said adding that no suspect has been arrested yet. Copenhagen Police spokesperson, Torben Madsen told Reuters that the building was empty at the Read more
The Israeli police arrested last month a French driver working at the French consulate in East Jerusalem, suspected for using the mission’s vehicles, with diplomatic number plates, to smuggle weapons on several occasions from Gaza to the West Bank. The Read more
Hamas movement, ruler of Gaza, has closed down the office of Palestinian-Qatari cell phone service provider Wataniya Mobile over claims that the company, which is a subsidiary of Qatar’s Ooredoo, failed to cooperate in the investigation on the assassination attempt Read more
A senior official of the Shia rebel group fighting the internationally recognized Yemeni government has denied recent reports that his group has entered into dialogue with Saudi Arabia to end the war. Saudi Arabia is leading an international coalition that Read more
Populations in the Gaza Strip fear for the worst as rivalries between the enclave ruler Hamas and Fatah in the West Bank have resumed, the two sides trading blames following the assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah last Read more
The situation in the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin is deeply alarming as dozens of children have been killed since fighting began in the city, where people are under bombardment, hospitals have been shut down and water supplies cut off, Read more
The Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to allow humanitarian convoys to safely reach all conflict-affected governorates without hindrance, while also asking that all Yemen’s ports remain fully open to commercial and relief supply imports. These calls were Read more
Turkey on Friday criticized a European Parliament motion urging Turkey to withdraw from Afrin and to stop its ongoing operation in the Syrian district saying the motion is biased In a written statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that with Read more