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Home2017February

Month: February 2017

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Column: Economic Freedom

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

BY: Hatice Karahan* The Washington-based Heritage Foundation has been publishing the global Index of Economic Freedom annually since 1995 and putting the countries in order in this respect. If you ask what economic freedom is, the [ More … ]

Dispute between Iran-UAE over islands in the gulf
Iran Latest News

Dispute between Iran-UAE over islands in the gulf

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Two Iranian lawmakers urged the Foreign Ministry to take action against the UAE to end what they call the “occupation of two Iranian islands”, adding that they want to take the issue to international courts. [ More … ]

Iran Latest News

Iran satisfied about oil production cooperation with OPEC

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Iran expressed its satisfaction about the latest deal with OPEC that included cutting the oil production to support its international prices, giving reaffirms and hope about future cooperation. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [ More … ]

Iran begins new navy drills as "Show of power" amid increasing tension
Iran Latest News

Show of power: Iran tests new missiles as navy drills end

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Iran concluded its new naval drills, which took place at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, with testing new firepower systems amid increasing tension with the US and the regional powers. Tuesday marked [ More … ]

Morocco

Washington Hails Morocco’s Unilateral Withdrawal from Guergarate Region

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

The United States hailed on Sunday Morocco’s announcement of a unilateral withdrawal from the Guergarate region in the Moroccan Sahara. “We welcome the Moroccan decision of a unilateral withdrawal of its personnel from the buffer [ More … ]

Algeria

Qatari Emir receives Ould Khelifa, hails Algeria’s role in stability of Arab, Muslim countries

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hailed Monday, in Doha (Qatar), in an audience he granted to the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) Mohamed Larbi Ould [ More … ]

Analysis

Report: Desperate migrants escape Libya ‘hell’

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Surge in number of migrants attempting to reach Italy driven by nightmarish conditions Nightmarish conditions in Libya are helping to drive a surge in the numbers of migrants attempting to reach Italy in the depths [ More … ]

Tunisia

Tunisia to accelerate reforms as IMF freezes loan

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Tunisia is likely to sell stakes in three state-owned banks this year and cut up to 10,000 public sector jobs as part of reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has postponed the [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Egypt’s Morsi slams his re-trial, stating: “I am still the president”

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, blasted on Sunday court officials during the first session of a re-trial on charges that claimed that he orchestrated a prison break during the 2011 revolution.  Last Sunday, an [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

Iraqi Kurdish leader meets Turkish president, PM in Turkey

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Feb. 27 to discuss the struggle against the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISL) in Iraq and Syria, Turkey’s [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Toward warmer relations with Al-Sisi, US to resume major military exercise with Egypt

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Recent activities have been tracked between the United States and Egypt toward warmer relations with Al-Sisi’s regime. During his visit to Egypt on Sunday and shortly after he met with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and top [ More … ]

Saudi Arabia News

Saudi Arabia: regulations to be amended to grant expats right to invest in the kingdom

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

The Saudi Ministry of Trade and Investment will assess a plan to amend regulations to allow expatriates to invest in the Kingdom within specific regulations and standards in addition to paying taxes. Majed Al-Qassabi, minister [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Al-Sisi received a US jewish delegation and Jordan King last week .. Is there a new deal being cooked up behind closed doors?

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Days after al-Sisi met US Jewish group, King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Cairo in an official one-day visit last Tuesday to discuss several regional issues and cooperation with Egypt.  Following his arrival, Al-Sisi [ More … ]

Analysis

Saudi-Malaysian relations: a quantum leap with new agreements

February 28, 2017 MEO Staff

Saudi Arabia and Malaysia have signed four major agreements in Kuala Lumpur on Monday that will go a long way in cementing ties between the two countries. King Salman and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Uzbekistan hopes to team up with Turkish businesspeople in petrochemicals: Official

February 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Uzbekistan hopes to cooperate with Turkish businesspeople in the petrochemicals industry, said a top Uzbek official in a joint meeting in Istanbul on Feb. 27. “We hope to work with our Turkish partners in petrochemicals. [ More … ]

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