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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (AP)

Chinese FM: China is Biggest Partner to 10 Middle Eastern Countries

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Mar 15, 2017 | Interviews

Riyadh – Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi said that the visit of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to China was a positive message to the countries of the Middle East and the international community. He added that such state visit would reflect Beijing and...

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US Treasury Designates Al-Anizi as Terrorist

by Khater al-Khater | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action Tuesday against al-Nusra Front (ANF) and al-Qaeda (AQ) facilitator Muhammad Hadi al-Anizi. Anizi, who is based in Kuwait, was designated as a Specially Designated...

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Sheikh Isa Qassim. (Reuters)

Bahrain Adjourns Isa Qassim’s Verdict to May

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Bahrain’s High Criminal Court postponed on Tuesday the announcement of the verdict in the money laundering case against Isa Qassim, a local cleric, and two others to May 7, deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad al-Quraishi said. The Public Prosecution had...

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Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, US. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

OPEC’s Report Drops Oil Price

by Wael Mahdi | Mar 15, 2017 | Business

Al-Khobar – Oil prices fell after OPEC’s monthly report stated that Saudi Arabia increased its February output by 263,000 barrels per day to 10 million bpd, but the prices soon rose again after a source explained that the increase was not intended for the...

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A tank of Iraqi rapid response forces fire against Islamic State militants at the Bab al-Tob area in Mosul, Iraq, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Iraqi Forces Capture Mosul’s Iron Bridge, Advance on Grand Mosque

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Iraqi forces battling ISIS in Mosul seized control on Wednesday of the Iron Bridge that links the eastern sector with the militant-held Old City and were making a “steady advance” towards the Grand Mosque, federal police said. Federal police and Interior Ministry...