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King Salman bin Abdulaziz

Saudi Budget Ushers in the Era of Income Diversity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2015 | Business

King Salman bin Abdulaziz directs the Economic and Development Council: By launching a comprehensive reform program of a 840 billion SAR worth of expenses and a 513 SAR worth return in revenue, all in a plan of regulating both water and power consumption. On Monday,...

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Opinion: Agreements on Syria

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 29, 2015 | Opinion

More hopes are being raised that the situation in Syria is developing and leading to tranquility and an end of a war which escalated from local, peaceful uprising to a civil war and finally to a war with international and regional dimensions. There is a fear that what...

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Iraq announced the liberation of Ramadi

Baghdad Takes Full Control of Ramadi…ISIS Bombs Turks near Mosul

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 29, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

The Iraqi Joint Operations leadership announced the liberation of the city of Ramadi that was occupied by ISIS. A triumphant Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared that in the coming year his forces would defeat Isis, after its first major victory since...

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AWACS aircraft would be temporarily moved to a Turkish air base

NATO Deploys AWACS Mission to Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2015 | World

NATO sources confirmed on Monday its decision to take measures to help its Turkish ally by securing its airspace. The measures comprised of deploying the early warning AWACS aircraft system to Turkey and reinforcing the country’s airspace monitoring, as well as...

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A convoy of ambulances carrying fighters and the wounded from the besieged region Al-Zabadani to the Syrian-Lebanese border (Reuters)

Hundreds of People Evacuated in Syria after a Deal between the Regime and the Opposition

by Nazeer Rida | Dec 29, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

More than 450 militants and civilians from three Syrian towns were evacuated in accordance with an agreement between the regime and militant opposition factions in an unprecedented exchange. The operation was completed after the “Al-Zabadani- Kafria- Al-Faw’ah”...