Amman, London – In Jordan’s Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, the markets become crowded before the iftar meal that breaks the fast of Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. The camp, which used to be a desert area, now resembles an unorganized city that hosts over 85,000 refugees, who fled the war th
Beirut – The visit of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the North of Lebanon surpassed the cadre of inspecting the needs of this unprivileged region and rather takes a political dimension to constitute a real test for the leader’s popularity in the area, considered a popular reservoir for Hariri’s
Kuwait – Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah called on Qatar on Monday to exercise restraint and to avoid taking any measures that would escalate the situation with its Gulf neighbors. The Kuwaiti emir received at Dusman Palace in Kuwait Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Mek
Ramallah – The Arab decision to cut ties with Qatar on Monday increased the pressure on Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, after Doha tightened the noose on the Islamic movement in an attempt to avoid Arab and Western criticism for supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas, a sister movement
Beirut – The Syrian regime launched in the past two days more than 500 airstrikes on Daraa, threatening the southern city with a scenario similar to the one witnessed in Aleppo. “About 500 raids were carried out by the regime forces and their loyal militiamen on the city of Daraa since Saturda
London – Palestinians gather in the old city of Jerusalem to light a giant lantern on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The traditional Ramadan lantern is 10 meters in height, making it the biggest in the holy city. One of the organizers of the event said that it aims to bring people
Cairo – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit expressed regret that the situation had reached such a point that led each of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen and Egypt to cut their diplomatic ties with Qatar. In a statement issued on Monday, he said he hoped that
British police revealed on Monday the identities of two of the three attackers behind the Saturday’s London assault. One of them has been identified as Irish-Moroccan Rachid Redouane, announced national counter-terrorism police chief Mark Rowley. The other slain assailant was British citizen born in
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday backed calls for Prime Minister Theresa May to resign for reducing the number of police officers during her six years as interior minister. Asked by ITV television if he backed the calls for May to resign after three terror attacks in three months, C
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated that it has been following closely the current developments in the Gulf region, namely the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar by many OIC member states following information and evidence of Qatar’s involvement
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information announced on Monday shutting local offices of Al Jazeera, Qatar’s influential satellite channel, hours after the kingdom and other Arab powers cut ties over Doha’s support for ultra-hardliners and Iran. The move comes after Al-Jazeera ha
Talk to critics of the European Central Bank’s ultra-loose monetary policy and a common theme emerges: concern about financial stability. Quantitative easing is seen as creating dangerous asset bubbles. Negative interest rates are said to hurt bank profitability, making the financial system more vul
Economists, to put it mildly, are not known for their communication skills. The typical economics paper is written in a formal, stilted style, laden with phrases like “in the following subsection” and “it has been shown that.” Jargon flies thick and fast, interspersed with highly formalized mathemat
Riyadh- Economists have called for tackling the slump witnessed by some of the projects of the contracting sector at the Saudi and Arab levels and preparing them to participate in the coming projects of the Saudi Ministry of Housing at a time when 40 percent of the contracting companies in the Kingd
Arsenal: Naby Keïta The fact Arsenal need reinforcements in central midfield every summer shows they have failed to rectify an issue that has been holding them back for some time. They have been linked with a move for RB Leipzig’s Naby Keïta on numerous occasions this year and the Guinean could be t
When Russian officials and analysts here talk about the US investigation of their alleged hacking of the 2016 campaign, two themes predominate: They’re flattered that their country is seen as such a powerful threat, and they’re amazed that the United States is so preoccupied with the scandal. This i
Ramallah- For the Palestinians, they have much to feel superior over Israelis after 50 years of occupying the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. They simply want to restore what they lost back then and rejected in subsequent proposals: a state on the borders of 67, no more and no less. Howeve
London – The revenues generated from the video games market exceeded the $100 billion barrier last year as the industry is now three times more profitable than the movie industry worldwide, said a research study published by “Atomico”. The report also expected the spending in the gaming industry to
Ankara – Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim canceled on Monday a scheduled meeting with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, following statements by the latter that Germany would withdraw its troops from the Turkish Incirlik air force base. Reuters quoted sources in Yildirim’s office a
The decisions of four states to cut their diplomatic ties with Qatar did not come as a surprise amid the practices of the Doha government that is seeking to create Gulf and Arab division through its support and harboring of terrorist groups. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates
