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A worker looks at a pump jack at an oil field Buzovyazovskoye owned by Bashneft company north from Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, July 11, 2015.REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo

Oil Prices Continue to Drop

by Sabri Najeh | Sep 15, 2016 | Business

Cairo–Oil prices continued to drop during Wednesday’s session despite the decrease in the U.S. crude oil’s reserves. Yet, the Libyan statements that oil production could be increased soon had negative effects on the market. The oil market received two blows this week...

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Workers count Yemeni currency at the Central Bank of Yemen in Sanaa August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Yemeni Businessmen Forced to Transfer Their Money to Central Bank

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Sep 15, 2016 | Business

Aden – Yemeni businessmen are being forced to transfer their money to the Yemeni Central Bank (YCB) under the control of the Houthis and forces of former president of Ali Abdallah Saleh. Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the insurgents required the...

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Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Grand mosque in Makkah. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

WHO: Saudi Arabia Succeeds to Ensure Pilgrims’ Safety

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Sep 15, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Holy Sites- Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announced on Wednesday during a press conference in Mina that the current Hajj season was free from epidemic diseases and that pilgrims were generally in good health. The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that...

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Makkah Governor Prince Khaled al-Faisal REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Makkah Governor: This Year’s Hajj Is a Response to All Lies, Slanders

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Mina – Makkah province governor Prince Khaled al-Faisal said that the orderly conduct of the pilgrimage this year “is a response to all the lies and slanders made against the kingdom”. The prince spoke during a press conference on Wednesday in Mina...

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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen near barricades on the southern side of the Castello road in Aleppo, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on July 28, 2016. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Syria Truce Holds, Aid to Aleppo Delayed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2016 | Middle East

Activists say Syria’s extended cease-fire is still holding despite some violations, yet aid has not reached besieged rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo. U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Thursday “we have a problem” on...