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Baghdad: Efforts to Solve the Kidnapped Qataris Crisis Have Reached Advanced Stages

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 23, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

The General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the kidnapping of Qatari citizens in southern Iraq last week in a statement yesterday, and demanded that the “Iraqi government shoulder its international legal responsibilities and take adequate...

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Opinion: Iran – Dark Clouds on the Economic Horizon

by Amir Taheri | Dec 23, 2015 | Opinion

“You haven’t been paying the teachers for months and now you have stopped paying the salaries of the military as well”. This is how Islamic Majlis member Bahram Biravand addressed President Hasan Rouhani the other day. The subtext of the statement is that while you...

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The chairman of the Consultative Assembly Dr Abdullah Al Ash-Sheikh (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Chairman of the Saudi Consultative Assembly to Asharq Al-Awsat: the Participation of Women in the Assembly is Distinctive and Enriching

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Dec 23, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Whilst Saudis wait with great interest for the royal speech to be delivered by the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz to mark the opening of the fourth year of the sixth session of the Consultative Assembly in which he will discuss Saudi...

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Mahmoud Mohieldin

2016: An Economic Golden Opportunity for the Arab Region

by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 23, 2015 | Business

The World Bank’s Corporate Secretary Mahmoud Mohieldin expects that gulf oil exporting countries will be affected by the decline in oil prices, welcoming reform measures taken by these countries which include general monetary policies and diversification of...

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Nasser Judeh

Jordan Classifies Syrian Factions: “Red”, “Green” and “Grey”

by Michel Abu Najm | Dec 23, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

French sources said that Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh was assigned by his country to prepare a report that lists active terrorist organizations and groups in Syria. Judeh explained to his peers that the report actually includes three...