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Iran Captures Foreign Vessel Transporting 'Smuggled' Fuel

par This Is Beirut, 28/01 15:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured on Sunday a foreign oil tanker transporting approximately two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the country's southern coast, leading to the arrest of fourteen crew members. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized Sunday a foreign oil tanker carrying around two million liters of "smuggled fuel" near the ...

Kuwait: Elections to be Held, Third Time's the Charm

par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...

Kuwaiti Opposition Retains Majority in Parliament After Vote

par This Is Beirut, 05/04 14:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Kuwait's opposition retains a majority in parliament, according to the results of parliamentary elections published on Friday in this Gulf country. Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed on Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary vote in as many years held just months into the new emir's ...

Heavy Floods Hit Dubai as Oman Death Toll Rises

par This Is Beirut, 16/04 20:55 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman. Dubai, the Middle East's financial center, was paralyzed by the heavy storms that caused widespread flooding around the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Flagship shopping ...

Record Rains Cause Transport Chaos in Dubai

par This Is Beirut, 17/04 15:12 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financial center reeled from record rains. Huge tailbacks snaked along six-lane expressways after up to 254 millimetres of rain – about two years' worth – fell on the desert United Arab Emirates on ...

Iran Says to Free Crew of Seized Portugal-Flagged Ship

par This Is Beirut, 27/04 13:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran said Saturday it would release the crew members of a Portuguese-flagged ship that its forces seized this month in the Gulf. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took over the MSC Aries with 25 crew members on board near the Strait of Hormuz on April 13. Tehran later said the ship belonged to its arch-foe Israel and was being investigated ...

Iran and Bahrain Agree to Start Talks on Resuming Ties

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 13:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Iran and Bahrain have agreed to launch negotiations on how to restore diplomatic relations that have been severed for nearly eight years, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Tiny Gulf monarchy Bahrain cut ties with Iran in 2016, following in the footsteps of regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia after Riyadh's diplomatic missions in Iran were ...

Syria: How Many Divisions?

par Marc Saikali, 07/08 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The days when the Syrian army terrorized the Lebanese population and relentlessly bombarded the neighborhoods of Beirut and Zahlé instead of fighting Israel are long gone. The days when this army was part of an international coalition against Saddam Hussein during the first Gulf War are long gone. Nothing in the Near East could happen ...

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