Ukraine Asks Lebanon to Bar Syrian Ship Carrying ‘Stolen’ Corn From Docking
BEIRUT: Ukrainian officials on Thursday asked Lebanon to bar a Syrian state-owned cargo ship carrying allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain from...
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Turkish Central Bank Unleashes Big Interest Rate Hike in Another Sign of an Economic Shift
ANKARA: Turkiye’s central bank raised its key interest rate by an aggressive 7.5 percentage points on Thursday, a larger-than-expected hike that...
Israel Far-Right Minister Spars With Supermodel Hadid Over Palestinian Rights
JERUSALEM: Israel’s far-right national security minister on Friday sparred with US supermodel Bella Hadid over his comments this week that...
Egypt’s Engineering Exports Surge 10% in 7 Months
Egypt - The monthly report of the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EEC) revealed that engineering exports increased in the...
Monaco Closes Corruption Probe Against Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister for Lack of Evidence
BEIRUT: A three-year probe against Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister and his family over corruption allegations has been closed by Monaco’s...
US Slams Israeli Minister’s ‘Inflammatory Comments’ About Palestinians, Condemns ‘all Racist Rhetoric’
DUBAI: The US State Department has strongly condemned Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, for what it described as “inflammatory...
Iran Looks for Its Lost Billions in Syria
The release of Iran’s $6 billion frozen funds from South Korea has prompted a website in Tehran to ask: What...
Syria Protests: Why is the Lira in Freefall?
As protests continue to erupt across Syria over the country's unrelenting economic crisis, with protestors demanding the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the...
US Calls Out Turkey’s Syrian Proxies for ‘Extensive Human Rights Abuses’
Last week, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Turkish-supported Sunni Islamist militias based in Syria. The organizations are the Hamza...
As Daesh Terror Attacks Continue, What Explains the Group’s Resilience in Syria?
QAMISHLI, Syria: During the second week of August, the terror group Daesh carried out multiple attacks on Syrian regime soldiers...
