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Arab World 08 August 2020, Lebanon, Baabda: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Arab League, speaks at a press conference after his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace. (Dalati & Nohra)

Arab League Says Ready to Facilitate Dialogue between Lebanese Rivals

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit stressed on Thursday that kicking off economic revival in Lebanon hinges on resolving the political deadlock in…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Gulf Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, during the forty-third session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on the sidelines of the Gulf Arab Chinese Summits, on December 9, 2022. (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince Launches National Intellectual Property Strategy

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs, launched on Thursday the National…

Asharq Al Awsat
Arab World Closing their talks at the Negev Summit, (from left) Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, pose for a photograph, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP)

US Organizing Arab-Israeli Economic Meeting Expected in Early 2023

Consultations are still ongoing over a meeting the United States is planning to hold between Arab countries and Israel in early 2023, revealed informed sources…

Arab World 20 December 2022, Jordan, Sweimeh: Leaders pose for the family photo during the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership in Sweimeh by the Dead Sea shore in central-west Jordan. (Petra/dpa)

Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership Stresses Security, Sovereignty of Iraq

The second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership stressed on Tuesday support to Iraq as its confronts all challenges, including terrorism. The…

Business Finnish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Anu-Eerika Viljanen (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Finland Looks for Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia in Hydrogen, Green Energy Fields

At a time when Finland is looking forward to maximizing its strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia, a Finnish diplomat revealed that Helsinki is looking to…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Features Nour said she and her daughter shared a cell at the Baabda women's prison with another 23 people, including two other babies. AFP

Women Lack Basics in Lebanon's Crowded Prisons

Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon's most overpopulated women's prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country's…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features LAF Commander General Joseph Aoun (LAF website)

Lebanon 'Tackles' Presidential Vacuum...with Army Generals

As Lebanon’s political blocs have failed to elect a new president for the country, all attention turns, as usual, to the military institution, which enjoys the…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Business President Hussein Mwinyi (Photo Credit: Al Qadeer Workshop)

Zanzibar’s Mwinyi: We Left Political Differences Behind, Are Heading to Economic Advancement

Eastern Africa’s Zanzibar is transforming from the largest slave trade center in the world into the largest African center for economic tourism with it…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business CEO and founder of Tarabut Gateway Abdulla Al-Moayed (Asharq Al-Awsat)

‘Tarabut Gateway’ CEO: Open Banking Has Tripled in The Middle East

Abdulla Al-Moayed, CEO and founder of the Dubai-based fintech company Tarabut Gateway, revealed that open banking has become a strategic option for growing…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Features Workers set up a Christmas tree at al-Hatab square, one of the oldest in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on December 12, 2022. (AFP)

Iran’s ‘Anger’ Among 3 Reasons for Growing Economic Paralysis in Syria

No one can deny that the economic crisis in Syria is unprecedented. But what are the real reasons for it? Why isn’t Iran helping in resolving it as it had…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Gulf Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz is accorded an official reception in London. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia, Britain Sign Defense Cooperation Plan

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met in London on Tuesday with his British counterpart Ben Wallace. The officials signed a…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business A panel discussion tackled the role of national industry in facing risks, during the Budget 2023 Forum in Riyadh. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Industry Investments Exceed $346 Billion

The value of investments in the Saudi industrial sector amounted to 1.3 trillion riyals ($346.6 billion), with the imminent activation of the Kingdom’s…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)