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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...

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Opinion: The War of Islamic Tweets

by Ali Ibrahim | Dec 23, 2015 | Opinion

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a statistical study that included 7 million tweets in Arabic, which in turn portrayed the image of social networking as an arena employed for means of egging sectarian conflict and waging verbal wars among...

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The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to the media after the talks between the Yemeni parties in Switzerland (Reuters)

A Crisis of Trust Between Yemeni Parties, and Saudi Arabia Threatens Houthis With a Harsh Response

by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 23, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed yesterday called on the international community to intervene in support of peace in Yemen and acknowledged the existence of large obstacles including the lack of trust between the conflicting parties which are...