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A cashier counts Qatari riyal notes at a money changer in Doha REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

Qatar Stock Market Witnesses Biggest Drop in 18 Months

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jun 8, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – Qatar’s stock market has witnessed its biggest drop in 18 months, as the crisis between the country and neighboring nations escalated. The decision of several countries to cut diplomatic relations with Doha had its direct impact on the Qatar Stock Exchange...

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Displaced Iraqi civilians flee as members of Iraqi Army clash with ISIS fighters, in north west of Mosul, Iraq, May 5, 2017. Reuters

Iraqi Forces Prepare to Open Escape Routes for those Trapped in Western Mosul

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

Mosul – Iraqi forces pushed further into Mosul from the north on the second day of a new push to speed up the nearly seven-month attempt to dislodge ISIS, commanders said on Friday. Footage taken by a drone operated by the Iraqi 9th Armored Division over the...

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UAE Minister of Energy Suhail al-Mazrouei. AP

UAE Expects Strong Demand for Oil from Emerging Markets in Africa, Asia

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Apr 19, 2017 | Business

Dubai- UAE Minister of Energy Suhail al-Mazrouei said that he sees a healthy level of demand for crude oil in the future from emerging economies in Africa and Asia and that the UAE would remain commercially-minded in its strategic oil investments. Mazrouei’s comments...

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Iraqi soldiers carry weapons during an operation against ISIS militants in the frontline in neighbourhood of Intisar, eastern Mosul, Iraq, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

U.S. Secretary of Defense Doesn’t Rule out Liberation of Mosul before Next U.S. Administration

by Asharq Al-Awsat, Agencies | Dec 6, 2016 | Middle East

London, Washington, and Baghdad – U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that despite being difficult, recapturing Mosul from ISIS is possible before the next U.S. Administration. About 100,000 Iraqi government troops, Kurdish security forces and Shiite fighters...

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French police officers patrol on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

U.S. Adds French Suspect to List of ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorists’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2016 | World

Washington-The United States on Tuesday named a French veteran of the Foreign Legion as a suspect in the planning of bloody attacks in Paris and Brussels. The U.S. sanctioned Abdelilah Himich, also known as Abu Suleiman al-Faransi, a Moroccan-born French national...