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As U.S.-Turkey meeting begins, Trump praises relation with Erdogan
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded his relationship with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as the leaders started...
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The war in Yemen is a homegrown affair
By: Gerald Feierstein Many international commentators continue to present the war in Yemen through the lens of Saudi Arabian intervention...
Waste-to-energy: The green answer to the UAE’s power issues?
Over the past few years, the UAE has been in a constant state of transformation. Factors such as climate change...
Training youths to fit MidEast job market ‘time-critical’, say experts
The Middle East youth unemployment epidemic is showing little sign of abating. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), one...
Washington should wake up to the fact that Hezbollah runs Lebanon
The US State Department has invited Gebran Bassil to Washington to speak at a conference, despite the Lebanese foreign minister’s...
US sanctions on Hezbollah officials are a call to action for the Lebanese state
by: Makram Rabah Last week the US Treasury issued a new list of names designating three members of Hezbollah under...
Tunisia’s parliament picks moderate Islamist party leader as speaker
TUNIS - Tunisia’s new parliament on Wednesday elected Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, as its speaker...
Read moreLebanon slides deeper into turmoil, no sign of new government
BEIRUT - A new wave of protests paralyzed Lebanon on Wednesday after President Michel Aoun enraged demonstrators by urging them...
Read moreAirbus frontrunner to win big Air Arabia order: sources
DUBAI/PARIS - Airbus (AIR.PA) is likely to win an order for at least 100 jets from Air Arabia (AIRA.DU) with...
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Lebanon’s Aoun says economic conditions deteriorating
BEIRUT - President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday economic conditions in Lebanon were deteriorating further as a result of the...
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