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A Saudi money changer counting Saudi Riyals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (File Photo: Reuters)

Saudi Banks Support Private Sector with USD373 Billion

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Dec 20, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- A banking official has revealed that the private sector borrowed more than SAR1.4 trillion (USD373 billion) from Saudi banks—the official affirmed that Saudi banks succeeded through their efforts in the past decades in supporting a great number of small and...

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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks during an interview with Reuters in his house in Rabat, Morocco, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Moroccan PM Avoids Getting King Involved in Government Lineup Disputes

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat- Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has expressed his unwillingness to resort to royal arbitration regarding consultations on the government line-up which is in a stagnation state due to dispute between Benkirane and some parties, after more than two...

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Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (C) meets with Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (R) and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 18, 2016. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters

Lebanon’s New Government: “Elections” Mission And Unrepresentative Lineup

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- After waiting for more than one and a half months to form the new cabinet, Lebanese were not surprised by the new cabinet lineup, which remained “an identical picture” of previous governments at several levels. Some ministers were given portfolios that have...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry listens as he attends a meeting of the Quartet on the situation in Yemen, on December 18, 2016 in Riyadh | © AFP | FAYEZ NURELDINE

Quartet Meeting: Completion of Steps before Transferring Powers of Yemeni President

by Abdul Hadi Habtor and Adhwan Alahmari | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- The Foreign Ministers of the Quartet meeting (United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) affirmed in the joint statement following Riyadh’s meeting on Monday that the powers of the Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi will not...

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Evacuees from a rebel-held area of Aleppo arrive at insurgent-held al-Rashideen, Syria December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

KSA: ‘Crimes against Humanity Are Happening in Aleppo’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh-The Saudi Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, condemned on Monday at al-Yamamah Palace the continuing brutal shelling of the city of Aleppo, exposing innocent people to killing, siege, starvation,...