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Deputy Crown Prince meets Saudi students at Chinese universities and discusses with them topics of interest to Saudi youth (SPA)

Deputy Crown Prince in Tokyo following Successful Talks in Beijing

by Asharq Al-Awsat and Fadia Fawzi | Sep 1, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Tokyo, Beijing–Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, arrived in Japan on Wednesday on an official visit upon the directive of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and in response...

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Turkey’s Interior Minister Efkan Ala (R) attends a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara July 22, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkish Interior Minister Resigns in Surprise Move

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 1, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-After a Turkish cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Interior Minister Efkan Ala had stepped down and would be replaced by Suleyman Soylu, the current labor and social security minister. Ala stated that he will resume his political mission as a...

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Sisi Agrees With Jordanian PM on Importance of Regional Political Settlement

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 1, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Jordan’s Prime Minister Hani Al-Mulki in Cairo on Wednesday in the presence of Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi. Both parties agreed on the importance of reaching a...

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Syrian refugees stroll on a street of a low-income neighborhood
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‘Economy of Refugees’ Revives Turkey

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 1, 2016 | Business

Ankara-Syrian refugees in Turkey were considered a sort of burden on Turkey’s economy, but recent statistics and forecasts have shown that their existence has had a significant recovery impact and has remarkably raised growth rate in the country with more growth...

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Men chat near buildings damaged by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Assad in Daraya, near Damascus February 2, 2014. Reuters

Assad Exerts Pressure to Turn Moadamiyat al-Sham into another Daraya

by Nazeer Rida, Saeed Abdulrazeq | Sep 1, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Ankara-The Syrian regime is exerting more pressure on residents of Moadamiyat al-Sham, located south of Damascus, by forcing them to accept a settlement that would compel fighters to hand over their weapons, and deport those who reject the new conditions. The...