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A shopkeeper (R) waits for customers at his jewellery shop in the old quarters in Tunis, Tunisia August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisia Reduces Poverty from 20.5% to 15.2%

by Al-munji al-Saaidani | Jan 2, 2017 | Business

Tunisia- The poverty rate in Tunisia was down from 20.5% to 15.2% in the period extending from 2010 to 2015, as per a quinquennial survey on consumption made public by Hédi Saidi, the general director of the National Institute of Statistics. “From 2010 to 2015, the...

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with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on February 12, 2012. – Reuters

Iranian-Palestinian Ties Lose Grounds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2017 | Features

Ramallah – Iran has always bragged about providing different Palestinian resistance forces with unlimited and unconditional support; it has claimed that the Palestinian Cause is a priority to build relations with other parties. These claims justify Tehran’s cold...

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Bahraini Ministry of Interior (Logo)

Ten Convicts Escape Bahraini Prison Jau

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – A terrorist cell of four or five members, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, was involved in an attack on the Reformation and Rehabilitation Centre (Jau) at approximately 5:30 am on Sunday. Ten inmates, all convicted in previous terrorist cases, escaped...

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King Salman bin Abdulaziz with Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (KUNA)

King Salman Receives a Message from Emir of Kuwait

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received a message from Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait at al-Yamamah Palace on Sunday. The message was conveyed to the King by Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. SPA

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Orders Transfer, Treatment for Two Syrian Children

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has ordered the treatment and transfer of two Syrian children, Ammar Mustafa Sahin and Ahmad Majid Alordan, from Rihaniyya city in the Republic of...