by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Business
London- Qatar pumped 29.1 billion riyals ($8 billion) into its banking system in August to cushion it from withdrawals by financial institutions from neighboring Arab states due to the Gulf’s diplomatic crisis, central bank data showed. The current crisis, triggered...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Middle East
New York- Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani renewed on Tuesday a call for “unconditional dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty” to end his country’s crisis. Yet he ignored the main reasons behind the crisis during his speech at the UN General...
by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 7, 2017 | Opinion
Those who were betting on a short-lived Qatari crisis have lost. Everyone who thought that Qatar’s efforts for international pressure would be fruitful, was proven wrong. Three months on, the four states’ stance hasn’t changed, and is as firm as it was on June 5....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East
The situation of hospitals in Taiz has become grave as a result of the blockade of the province that continues to be imposed by the rebels. Yemen’s Minister of Local Administration and the Chairman of the Higher Committee for Relief Abdul-Raqib Saif Fath called...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
London- 486,700 people in Syria are subject to blockades, over half of which are entrapped by regime forces. These figures are derived from an original 4.6 million people who reside in areas difficult to reach, according to last month’s report of the United Nations...
