Bahaa Al-Hariri. (AP Photo)
by Thair Abbas | Jun 16, 2014 | Business
Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prior to his assassination in downtown Beirut in 2005, the name of Rafik Hariri was synonymous with the construction projects his company undertook in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Perhaps the most famous was the Solidere project, widely credited...
File photo of the Amman skyline. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2014 | Business
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Jordan’s King Abdullah II opens the first phase of Amman’s new downtown Abdali district on Wednesday—a 423-million-US-dollar pedestrian walkway known as “The Boulevard,” covering a 31,740-square-yard (26,539-square-meter) area running through...
