MEO Weekly Newsletter “7-15 May 2017”

Saudi government workers will be paid according to the Gregorian calendar instead of the Islamic Hijri calendar, making the working month longer as part of cost-cutting measures, newspapers reported Monday, according to Khaleej Times. The [ More … ]

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Saudi Arabia has reportedly been putting pressure on local businesses not to trade with Turkey and its industries in a bid to boost an unofficial boycott. The detention of trucks carrying produce from Turkey has [ More … ]

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Direct talks between the Yemen’s government and the Houthi militia aimed at exchanging prisoners have been suspended, a Yemeni government source said Saturday. “Government delegates agreed with UN experts to suspend direct talks and to [ More … ]

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