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Bahraini Transport Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Each Country to Finance Its Share of Gulf Railway Project

Business A conceptual rendering of the Gulf railway interconnection project. (X)

Bahraini Transport Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Each Country to Finance Its Share of Gulf Railway Project

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states took a new step toward completing the railway interconnection project by signing the project's general…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Manama)
Business Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with Minister of Information Diaa Rashwan (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt, March 25, 2026. (Reuters)

Egypt Seeks Faster Progress on Libya Gas, Refining and Power Projects

Egypt aims to accelerate energy projects with Libya, including gas pipeline links, refining of Libyan crude in Egypt and an electricity interconnection,…

Business GCC transport ministers pose for a group photo following the 27th committee meeting in Kuwait. (GCC Railway Authority)

GCC: Railway Agreement Sets Joint Framework for Project Implementation and Operation

Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), said on Sunday that the signing of the General Agreement on the GCC Railway Project…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama)
Business A factory in Madinah’s industrial city. (SPA)

Mega Projects Drive Growth for Saudi Small and Medium Factories

Mega projects in Saudi Arabia are offering increasing opportunities for small and medium-sized factories to expand their businesses and integrate into local…

Sara bin Shamran (Riyadh)
Business Majnoon oil field near the Iraqi city of Basra (Reuters)

Iraq Oil Output Exceeds 5 million bpd

Iraq produces more than 5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), Oil Minister Basim Mohammed told state news agency INA on Saturday. According to Reuters, Iraq…

Asharq Al Awsat

Business Lebanese Refuse to Pay their Dues to Banks

Lebanese Refuse to Pay their Dues to Banks

For the past two months, Moussa has been refraining from paying his dues to one of the Lebanese banks as a response to measures by banks that prevented people…

Hanan Hamdan (Beirut)
Business Kuwait Oil Minister Hopes to Resolve Neutral Zone Issue with Saudi Arabia by End of 2019

Kuwait Oil Minister Hopes to Resolve Neutral Zone Issue with Saudi Arabia by End of 2019

Kuwait’s oil minister said on Sunday he hoped Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will resolve the Neutral Zone issue by the end of 2019. The two countries halted…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Kuwait)
Business EU Announces Programs With Morocco to Support Development

EU Announces Programs With Morocco to Support Development

The European Union announced Friday that its Commission has approved new cooperation programs, worth up to €389 million, for the Kingdom of Morocco. The…

Abdullah Mustafa (Brussels)
Business 'Hadaf' Provides Programs to Support Saudization of Dental Profession in Private Sector

'Hadaf' Provides Programs to Support Saudization of Dental Profession in Private Sector

Saudi Human Resources Development Fund "Hadaf" has provided the support to the decision of Saudization, Saudi nationalization scheme, of dental profession in…

Business Egypt: 'HC' Expects Cut on Interest Rates Next Week

Egypt: 'HC' Expects Cut on Interest Rates Next Week

A report issued by the Research Department of HC Securities and Investment expected that the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)’s monetary policy committee (MPC) will…

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business OAPEC Discusses 2020 Draft Budget

OAPEC Discusses 2020 Draft Budget

Oil ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) are set to come together in Kuwait on Sunday, focusing on how to prop up the…

Business Aramco, Alibaba Rescue 2019 Global Equity Capital Markets

Aramco, Alibaba Rescue 2019 Global Equity Capital Markets

Giant listings by Saudi Aramco and Alibaba rescued a sluggish year for equity capital markets (ECM) after a string of shelved initial public offerings (IPOs)…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Record 9 Million Tourists Travel to Tunisia

Record 9 Million Tourists Travel to Tunisia

Over 9 million tourists have visited Tunisia as of December 20, 2019, setting a record for the country, announced Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Rene…

Mongi Saidani (Tunis)
Business Morocco Internal Debt Exceeds $60 Billion

Morocco Internal Debt Exceeds $60 Billion

Morocco’s government internal debt reached MAD571.1 billion (USD60.1 billion) at the end of November, witnessing an increase by 4.1 percent since the beginning…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Turkish Parliament Approves 2020 Budget

Turkish Parliament Approves 2020 Budget

Turkey’s parliament has approved the government’s 2020 budget, which includes increased defense spending and forecasts a budget deficit of 138.9 billion lira (…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Damascus Launches Campaign to Confront Hiking Prices

Damascus Launches Campaign to Confront Hiking Prices

Syria’s Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed launched a campaign to confront the rising price of food and consumer goods,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Damascus)
Business Lebanon´s Turmoil Upsets Vital Tourism Industry

Lebanon´s Turmoil Upsets Vital Tourism Industry

Lebanon´s unprecedented economic and financial crisis has taken a huge toll on the hospitality sector, a mainstay of the Lebanese economy, with hundreds of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Business G20 Discusses Measures to Bridge Global Infrastructure Gap

G20 Discusses Measures to Bridge Global Infrastructure Gap

The G20 working groups discussed in Riyadh during the past two days measures to meet the needs of global infrastructure, stressing the need to mobilize private…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Samba Launches Credit Card with Various, Innovative Features

Samba Launches Credit Card with Various, Innovative Features

Samba Financial Group has launched a new credit card, designed to give its customers unlimited distinction. Samba “Unlimited” credit card provides card…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia: 4 Billion Riyals to Boost SMEs

Saudi Arabia: 4 Billion Riyals to Boost SMEs

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has launched a 4 billion riyal ($1.07 billion) fund of funds company (Jada), the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund (PIF)…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Manufacturing Industries Best Stimulate Growth of Saudi Private Sector

Manufacturing Industries Best Stimulate Growth of Saudi Private Sector

A recent detailed expert study revealed that the manufacturing activities in Saudi Arabia were the best stimulator of private sector growth among all other…

Mohammed al-Hamidi (Riyadh)
Business Aramco Shares Influence Saudi Stock Market Index

Aramco Shares Influence Saudi Stock Market Index

The shares of Saudi Aramco started influencing the performance of the Saudi stock market index on Wednesday, with trades that are most active in terms of both…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia's Crude Exports Rise 5.8% in October

Saudi Arabia's Crude Exports Rise 5.8% in October

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in October rose 5.8 percent to 7.06 million barrels per day (bpd), from 6.67 million bpd in the previous month, official data…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Egypt's Sovereign Fund to Revamp Historic Area under Citadel

Egypt's Sovereign Fund to Revamp Historic Area under Citadel

Egypt approved a plan on Wednesday to turn over an abandoned historic area under Cairo’s towering 12th-century Islamic citadel to its new sovereign wealth to…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi, South Korean Joint Committee Meets in Riyadh

Saudi, South Korean Joint Committee Meets in Riyadh

The Saudi-South Korean Joint Committee convened in Riyadh on Wednesday under the co-chairmanship of Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammad bin Mazid…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Gender Workplace Equality 257 Years Away: WEF

Gender Workplace Equality 257 Years Away: WEF

Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Tuesday showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide…

Asharq Al Awsat (Geneva)
Business Saudi-Egypt Seek Partnership in Emerging Technologies, Innovation

Saudi-Egypt Seek Partnership in Emerging Technologies, Innovation

The Saudi Ministry of Communication and Information and the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology signed Tuesday a memorandum of…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Saudi: 8 Licenses to Back Military Industry Via Private Sector

Saudi: 8 Licenses to Back Military Industry Via Private Sector

Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) announced that it has granted licenses to three new firms operating in the military industrial…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Aramco Acquires 17% of South Korean Hyundai Oilbank

Aramco Acquires 17% of South Korean Hyundai Oilbank

Saudi Aramco has completed, through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC), the acquisition of 17% of Hyundai Oilbank from Hyundai Heavy Industries…

Asharq Al Awsat