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A man walks past the Kingdom Centre Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo

International Demand of Saudi Bonds Jumps 2.6%

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Oct 21, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- While the massive international demand on Saudi public bonds has proven the advanced position of Saudi economy, the trading in the Saudi stock market jumped on Thursday around 129 points as a first reaction by local investors to bonds’ issuance. High...

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Displaced Iraqi women line up to receive food and water at Debaga camp for internally displaced people in Iraq’s Erbil Governorate. UNHCR

Turkey Sends Aid to Iraq’s Mosul, UNHCR Warns against Displacement Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 21, 2016 | Middle East

London- President of the Turkish Red Crescent said on Friday the agency is sending trucks of aid to northern Iraq with enough food and humanitarian supplies for 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Mosul. In preparation for a long-anticipated offensive on the last...

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In this July 25, 2014, file photo, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Saudi: We Will Continue to Impose Sanctions on Hezbollah Operatives, Entities

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 21, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington, Riyadh- Saudi Arabia has stressed that it would continue to combat the so-called Hezbollah’s terrorist activities with all available means and work with partners around the world to make it clear that the party’s militant and extremist activities would not...

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey’s Central Bank Leaves Key Interest Rates Unchanged

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Oct 21, 2016 | Business

Ankara- The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced leaving the upper band of the marginal funding rate unchanged on Thursday, a few hours after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had reiterated being an ‘enemy’ to interest rates. President...

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Sunni Muslims who fled the ISIS’ strongholds of Hawija arrive in Southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

ISIS Confronts Iraqi Forces with Bomb-Laced Cars

by Dalshad Abdullah | Oct 21, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil- Peshmerga forces continued attacks on ISIS, supported by the international coalition warplanes, within ongoing operations to liberate Mosul. Operations were conducted form three battlefronts to besiege ISIS from the north and east—six hours after launching the...