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The Logo of Saudi Aramco is seen at the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MOES 2017) in Manama, Bahrain, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

Saudi Aramco Raises $3 Billion with Debut Sukuk

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Apr 6, 2017 | Business

Riyadh-The sukuk market is expected to witness prosperity in the current year in which the Saudi government has commenced its first steps in the debut sukuk while Saudi Aramco is raising around $3 billion from its first issuance of sukuk. Relevant banks were assigned...

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Houthi militants ride on the back of a patrol truck as they attend a tribal gathering held to show support to the Houthi movement in Sanaa, Yemen November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

More than 14,000 Detained, Kidnapped by Houthi Militias in Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

London- The number of captives in prisons of Saleh and Houthi militias has exceeded 14, 000 since the coup that began two years ago and the invasion of a series of Yemeni provinces. In a statement, Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights stated that around 3,000 were...

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Protests in Bahrain have usually been marred by violence. (Reuters)

Iranian Militias in Bahrain

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 6, 2017 | Opinion

The quiet kingdom on the Arabian Gulf has experienced a tough crisis over six years of chaos, explosions and sabotage. Bahrain has been shouting loud for six years: This is not a revolution nor a peaceful protest, but a riot supported by Iran. The West, however, only...

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Houses in the settlement of Ofra. Reuters

Army: Israeli Killed in West Bank Car Ramming Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

One Israeli was killed and another injured on Thursday in a car-ramming attack near the Ofra settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said, adding the alleged attacker was arrested. The army statement did not give details about him. Pictures published by...

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Ankara, Turkey February 8, 2016, in this handout photo provided by the Presidential Palace. REUTERS/Yasin Bulbul

Ankara Urges Berlin to Hand Over Wanted “Terrorists”

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Apr 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkey has asked Germany to hand over a group of people who are suspected of belonging to terrorist organizations as Ankara accuses Berlin of providing support for terrorists. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused...