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Yemeni girls sit on the back of a camel-drawn cart as people gather in the street during celebrations for Eid al-Fitr in Aden’s northern Dar Saad district on July 6, 2016.PHOTO: AFP
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Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah wave Hezbollah and Lebanese flags during a rally marking the ninth anniversary of the end of Hezbollah’s 2006 war with Israel, in Wadi al-Hujeir, southern Lebanon August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
So-Called Hezbollah Ministers Get Paid in Cash, Dodging HIFPA
Beirut- The Lebanon treasury started paying the salaries of Ministers belonging to the so-called Hezbollah party in cash two months ago. The pays were given in cash as to escape the U.S. sanctions put into effect, Lebanese sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper....Caption:
Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi is seen during an interview with Reuters in Muscat April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hasani
Oman’s Bank Muscat in Talks to Raise Loan Worth up to $300 Mln
Bank Muscat is negotiating the possibility of raising a loan a small group of lenders, Reuters cited sources with knowledge of the matter saying, as Oman’s largest lender becomes the latest Gulf bank to hunt for fresh funds to combat a liquidity squeeze in...Caption:
A young Palestinian man in a clash with Israeli police forces in Gaza City yesterday (Reuters)
Israel Crams an Entire Brigade to “Punish” Hebron
The Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Army Gadi Eizenkot ordered the transfer of the whole Kfir Brigade to the Hebron area, south of the West Bank, in order to punish its residents for operations which resulted in the death of 4 Jewish settlers on Thursday after it...Caption:
Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas’ leader, Osama Hamdan gives a speech during the fifth annual meeting of the Moroccan movement for Unification and Reform on August 9, 2014 at the Mohammed V theatre in the capital Rabat. (AFP/Fadel Senna)