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A man is silhouetted against the logo of the World Bank at the main venue for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on October 10, 2012. (Reuters/Kim Kyung-hoon)

Saudi economy capable of withstanding oil price slump: World Bank Gulf director

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Nov 3, 2015 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi economy is capable of withstanding any shocks caused by the current oil price slump, the World Bank’s Country Director for Gulf Countries Nadir Mohammed said on Monday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Mohammed said the Saudi economy was...

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Syrian refugee children at a makeshift settlement in Qab Elias in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon, on December 8, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Opinion: The Gulf States and Syrian Refugees

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 13, 2015 | Opinion

The crisis of refugees—Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis, and others—is everyone’s responsibility amid the international community’s failure to support them. No one, including Gulf countries, has an excuse to not help refugees displaced by conflicts and crises. The Arab Gulf...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Dialogue with Iran by Way of RPG

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 17, 2015 | Opinion

Before the ink had even dried on comments made by Iranian officials regarding the recent Gulf–Iranian dialogue, Kuwaiti authorities made the announcement that they had intercepted a Hezbollah-linked terrorist cell that had transported weapons into the country via...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) listens during a foreign ministers’ meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in Doha, Qatar, on August 3, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry pushes Iran deal in Qatar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2015 | Middle East

Doha, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry brought the Obama administration’s case for the Iran nuclear deal to wary Arab officials in Qatar on Monday. Kerry was meeting with the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the six-member bloc of Gulf...

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President Barack Obama (L) greets Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (C), and Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R), as they arrive at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Opinion: Is the Gulf’s Relationship with Washington a Mistake?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 1, 2015 | Opinion

The US administration’s deal with Iran on its nuclear program, which ends sanctions and paves the way for rapprochement with Tehran, was viewed by some as a rather low move by Washington against its longtime allies in the Gulf, who were loyal for over five decades. As...