TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has appointed a new chairman of Libya’s state oil company. “Farhat Omar Bengdara was appointed chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), replacing Mustafa Sanalla,” Oil Ministry spokesman Ahmad Jumaa announced. He added that four new board members of...
ANKARA (AA) – Delegations from Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will gather at an investment workshop in Istanbul on Wednesday. Three ministers from the UAE, as well as senior officials of investment funds and companies will meet with public and private sector organizations, and business world representatives at the event. According ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US military killed an ISIS leader during a drone attack Tuesday in northwest Syria, according to Central Command (CENTCOM). The strike targeted two senior ISIS officials outside Jindayris, northwest Syria. “Maher al-Agal, one of the top five ISIS leaders and the leader of ISIS in Syria, was killed in the strik...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman voiced hope Monday that a planned regional visit by US President Joe Biden this week will lead to a common market in the Middle East. Biden is scheduled to arrive in Israel on July 13 as part of a regional tour that also includes the West Bank […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi health authorities on Monday reported a major surge in coronavirus infections in the Arab country. “COVID-19 infections rose by 30 percent compared to previous waves of the pandemic,” Riyad Abdel-Amir, Public Health Director at the Health Ministry, said in statements carried by the state news agency. He, however, said that...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 12 soldiers were killed and several others wounded when a gun battle erupted Monday between units of security forces in Somalia’s Puntland state in the port city of Bosaso, said an official. The firefight took place at the entrance of Bosaso International Airport. Puntland Security Minister Abdisamad Ga...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers chopped down hundreds of olive trees in the occupied West Bank, a local Palestinian official said on Monday. “Settlers destroyed 200 olive trees and 250 fruit trees in the towns of Al-Mughayer and Turmus Aya near Ramallah,” Mohamed Elwan, coordinator of the Palestinian Farmers Association, told the s...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s president and the Saudi crown prince on Monday discussed bilateral ties and regional issues, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate. The two also exchanged Eid greetings, said a statement by the directorate. On June 22, the Saudi crown prince visited Türkiye and had a one-on-one meeting with Erdogan. ...
HEBRON, Palestine (AA) – Unlike the past six years, Eid al-Adha this year brought a special sense of joy to the family of Osaid Abu Khdair. Abu Khdair, 34, from the town of Surif near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, was released by Israel earlier this month, days before the start of Eid Al-Adha, […]
PARIS (AA) – France’s attorney general at the Court of Cassation has underlined the principle of “state obligation” to bring back all French nationals living in camps in Syria. “We have to bring all of them back,” Francois Molins told RTL radio. This came days after the government, in a major policy shift, set aside […]
