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Queen Rania of Jordan hosts Ramadan iftar for women leaders in Aqaba

Queen Rania of Jordan hosts Ramadan iftar for women leaders in Aqaba
Queen Rania praised the contributions of Jordanian women in the workforce and the labor market. (Petra)
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Updated 07 March 2025
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Queen Rania of Jordan hosts Ramadan iftar for women leaders in Aqaba

Queen Rania of Jordan hosts Ramadan iftar for women leaders in Aqaba
  • Attendees congratulated on occasions of Ramadan, International Women’s Day
  • Governor of Aqaba welcomes queen, expresses gratitude for her efforts to empower women
Updated 07 March 2025
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LONDON: Queen Rania of Jordan hosted a Ramadan iftar banquet on Thursday at the Prince Rashid Club in Aqaba.

Women leaders and activists from various sectors in Aqaba, a governorate on the Red Sea in southern Jordan, attended the event.

Queen Rania congratulated the attendees on Ramadan and the upcoming International Women’s Day, which will be marked on March 8, the Jordan News Agency reported.

She praised the contributions of Jordanian women in the workforce and the labor market, as well as their roles in caring for their families to provide comfort and reassurance at home.

Khaled Al-Hajjaj, the governor of Aqaba, welcomed the queen to the city and expressed gratitude for her efforts to empower women.

Mahmoud Khalifat, the director general of Aqaba Ports Corporation, and Muhannad Al-Naser, director of Prince Rashid Club, were also present.

Topics: Queen Rania Aqaba Jordan Ramadan 2025

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Under US pressure, Lebanon tightens screws on money transfers

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Under US pressure, Lebanon tightens screws on money transfers

Under US pressure, Lebanon tightens screws on money transfers
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As part of efforts “to remove Lebanon from the FATF grey list... the central bank of Lebanon today has taken the first step ,” a statement said
From Dec. 1, all non-bank financial institutions must “collect information and data linked to their customers and operations“

BEIRUT: Lebanon announced on Friday that money changers and transfer companies must comply with stricter rules as the country faces heavy US pressure to regulate its cash economy and cut off Hezbollah funding.
The move comes days after a visiting US official said his country was determined to cut off Tehran’s funding to the group, and after the US Treasury said Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had transferred over $1 billion to Hezbollah this year, mainly via money exchange companies.
Lebanese authorities are seeking to disarm Hezbollah, which was badly weakened in a recent war with Israel, and face heavy US pressure to do so more quickly as well as fears of expanded Israeli military action.
As part of efforts “to remove Lebanon from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list... the central bank of Lebanon today has taken the first step in a series of precautionary measures aiming to strengthen the compliance environment within the financial sector,” a central bank statement said.
The FATF in October last year added Lebanon to its “grey list” of nations that are subject to increased monitoring of financial transactions.
The central bank said it was imposing measures “on all non-bank financial institutions licensed by the central bank of Lebanon, including money transfer companies, exchange bureaus” and other firms handling foreign currency transactions and transfers to and from the country.
According to a central bank circular, from December 1, all non-bank financial institutions must “collect information and data linked to their customers and operations” for transactions of $1,000 or more and report them to the central bank.
Institutions must confirm they have collected the required information before carrying out any transaction, the circular added.
The measures are consistent “with international standards on fighting money laundering and terrorist financing, and preventing the misuse of the authorized financial system for suspicious transactions.”
Hezbollah has pushed back against moves to stifle the group.
On Thursday, its parliamentary bloc condemned “US efforts to tighten the financial siege on Lebanon” and rejected what it said was Washington’s aim of imposing “financial guardianship” on the country.
Lebanon was once known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” for its thriving banking sector before a crippling financial crisis in 2019.
Confidence in lenders tanked and the cash economy has since boomed, despite international institutions repeatedly warning of the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing.

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