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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques shakes hands with UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. SPA

King Salman Meets Sheikh Dr. Sultan al-Qasimi

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at al-Yamamah palace on Monday Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed al-Qasimi, Supreme Council’s Member and Ruler of Sharjah, who is currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....

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Mohamed Alabbar partners to launch a Middle East-specific e-commerce website. (Image: Reuters)

KSA Investing in Region’s Largest E-Commerce Platform

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Nov 14, 2016 | Business

Dubai – The largest e-commerce platform in the Arab region will be launched in January, in a joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s General Investment Authority and a group of Gulf investors. Emaar Properties Chairman Mohamed Alabbar announced on Sunday the launch of a...

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Houthi rebels chant slogans after taking over a government military compound in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in September 2015. Hani Mohammed/AP

Yemeni Government: Unilateral Measures Taken by Rebels Hamper Political Process

by Asmaa Al-Ghaberi and Abdul Hadi Habtor | Oct 4, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah, Riyadh, Aden – The Yemeni government said on Monday that unilateral measures taken by the Houthi rebels would escalate the situation and hamper the political process in the war-torn country. During a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Mathew Tueller, Yemeni...

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Anti-Houthi fighters of the Southern Popular Resistance stand on a tank in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden May 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

U.S. Official: Solution in Yemen Starts with Security before Politics

by Bader alQahtani and Mohammad Ali Mohsen | Oct 2, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah, Aden- A high-ranking U.S. official told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that his country agrees it is necessary to reach an immediate cessation of fighting in Yemen, in addition to a comprehensive solution, which should be sequential in its security and political...

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An investor monitors a screen displaying stock information at the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Saudi, Qatar’s Stock Markets Rebound while Rest of the Region Weakens

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 28, 2016 | Business

Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s stock markets made a partial recovery from last week’s losses on Sunday. Other Gulf markets dropped in quiet trade and Egypt sank as the government was hit by a corruption scandal in its wheat industry. Saudi Arabia’s index, which...