Middle East

Baghdad/Beirut, Feb 25: Daesh, under attack on two fronts, hit back on Friday with bombings in the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which it lost to Turkish forces and opposition fighters on Thursday. Over 60 people, mostly civilians, were killed. Also Friday, the terror group was struck by Iraq’s air force inside Syria for the first time as Iraqi troops pushed into western Mosul, the last major urban

Jeddah, Feb 24: Following a week of floods and heavy rainstorm that hit parts of Saudi Arabia, a new cold windy wave and thunderstorms are expected to strike Riyadh and the Eastern Province over the weekend. Hussein Al-Qahtani, official spokesman of the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) told Arab News the changes in the weather conditions are milder this time compared to last week

Jeddah, Feb 23: King Abdulaziz Airport on Wednesday received its first flight of the Malaysian Malindo Air. The flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrived after being granted landing rights by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to operate its flights between Kuala Lumpur and King Abdulaziz International Airport. The airline will fly twice a week. The airport received the

Dubai, Feb 22: Combining the capabilities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia can create historic opportunities for their peoples and the whole region, said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE vice president and prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, WAM reported on Tuesday. He was speaking at a joint retreat on Saadiyat Island, attended by some 150 Emirati and Saudi officials

Jeddah, Feb 21: Saudia Arabia has reasserted support for a Palestinian state after US President Donald Trump said Middle East peace does not depend on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking on Monday after talks with his Italian counterpart, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said: “You have a peace deal which essentially calls for a settlement based on two states

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Riyadh, Feb 20: The Passports Department urged residents to report their lost passports and Muqeem cards (non-Saudis) within 24 hours or face a SR1,000 to SR3,000 fine, reported Al-Madinah newspaper. The department also called on non-Saudis to renew their Muqeem (resident) IDs before they expire through the Ministry of Interior’s website after payment of fees through banks. Carrier of an expired

Riyadh, Feb 19: Cold weather conditions were prevailing late Saturday in various parts of the Kingdom, although some regions were experiencing alternating spells of warm and cold atmospheric conditions. The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) forecast cloudy and cool days in the Saudi capital on Sunday and Monday with the weather expected hit 13 C. Overall, temperatures will reach a

Jeddah, Feb 18: Bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of qualified personnel are among the major challenges facing philanthropic works in the Kingdom, a study revealed. The King Khalid Foundation (KKF), Riyadh, recently conducted a study, titled “Donor Institutions in the Kingdom: Facts and Figures” in cooperation with the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement. The study mentioned about

Baghdad, Feb 17: A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 51 people in the deadliest such attack this year, security officials said. The Amaq propaganda agency linked to Daesh, which has claimed nearly all such attacks recently, reported the blast and described it as targeting “a gathering of Shiites”. The explosion sent a thick plume of