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The ‘forgotten’ camps where Syria war displaced languish

  • RAQQA: Thousands of people displaced by 12 years of war are stuck in squalid, unofficial camps in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast, languishing in extreme poverty and largely cut off from international assistance. “We’ve been completely forgotten,” said Rahma Al-Hammud, 33, standing at her tent ...
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US vows to keep Syria’s chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition

  • UNITED NATIONS: The United States and its allies vowed Tuesday to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the UN Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Syrian Pre...
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Houthis confirm death of second military leader in a week

  • AL-MUKALLA: A second Houthi air force commander is believed to have died from injuries caused by a series of massive explosions at a militia-controlled base in the central province of Marib last week. The Houthis said on Monday that Maj. Gen. Mohammed Hussein Saleh Al-Hamasi, former commander ...
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Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia to avail investment opportunities in agriculture, mining, IT and energy sectors

  • ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday invited Saudi Arabia to avail investment opportunities in Pakistan’s agriculture, mining, and other sectors, as he met the Kingdom’s vice-minister of foreign affairs in Islamabad.  Eng. Waleed bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji, Saudi Arabia’s ...
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Syria gives green light to UN to keep two crossings from Turkiye to rebel-held northwest open for aid

  • UNITED NATIONS: Syria has agreed to keep two crossings open from Turkiye to its rebel-held northwest for the delivery of aid for another three months, the United Nations announced Tuesday. The UN “greatly welcomes” the Syrian government’s decision to keep the Bab Al-Salameh and Al-Rai border c...
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Holy Qur’an International Museum project launched by MWL chief

  • RIYADH: A Holy Qur’an International Museum project has been launched in Makkah by the Muslim World League’s Secretary-General Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. Al-Issa, who is also the chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, said the init...
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PM Sharif pays farewell visit at army headquarters a day ahead of government’s expected dissolution

  • ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday paid a farewell visit to the Pakistan Army headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani military said, a day ahead of the government’s expected dissolution on August 9.  The incumbent Pakistan parliament’s tenure ends on August 12, but Sha...
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Indian Navy seeks to boost defense ties with Saudi Arabia

  • NEW DELHI: India is working to boost defense cooperation with Saudi Arabia, the Indian Navy has said after one of its vessels visited Jeddah last week and conducted an exercise with the Royal Saudi Navy. The Indian Navy’s largest, indigenously designed missile destroyer INS Chennai was deploye...
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Israeli finance minister suspends funds to Arab towns, East Jerusalem

  • JERUSALEM, Aug 8 : Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has frozen funds for Arab towns and Palestinian education programs in East Jerusalem, citing crime and safety fears and prompting accusations of racism. Smotrich, a key member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist-religi...
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Dubai’s tourism back on track as visitors exceed pre-coronavirus level

  • RIYADH: Dubai’s tourism sector achieved a significant milestone in the first half of 2023 by welcoming 8.55 million international overnight visitors, surpassing pre-pandemic levels of 8.36 million recorded in the first half of 2019.    This represents the city’s strongest first-half...
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