Boeing and four customers have signed commitments for a total of 93 737 MAX airplanes, including a carrier that has committed to 40 of the high-capacity version of the MAX 8 airplane.

The commitments, valued at nearly $11 billion at current list prices, were announced at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow in the UK.

The agreements will be reflected on Boeing's Orders and Deliveries website when they have been finalized, a statement said.

The four unidentified customers hail from the airline and airplane leasing industries.

'Today's announcement is yet more proof of the strong"...

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that Russian and Syrian authorities had set up a refugee center in Syria to help refugees return home from abroad.

The ministry said in a statement that the Centre for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees will “monitor the return of all temporarily-displaced people and Syrian refugees from foreign countries to their places of permanent residence”.

Syria’s war has killed an estimated half a million people, driven"...

Saudi Aramco is in early talks to acquire a stake in Saudi Basic Industries Co (SABIC) from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the oil giant and Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday.

Aramco and PIF are in early stage talks about a potential private sale and there is no certainty the transaction would complete, they said in separate statements.

“Saudi Aramco has no plans to acquire any publicly held shares of SABIC,” the oil company said.

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A Saudi official said his country’s film sector plans to provide some 90,000 jobs, permanent and part-time, to citizens of both sexes by 2020.

Chairman of the commercial centers’ committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Mohammed Alawi, said on Wednesday that they expected the number of cinemas in the kingdom to reach 2,000, Saudi Okaz newspaper reported.

Alawi explained that the jobs are easy and do not need specific skills, adding that many jobs will be part-time"...

Souq al-Tawil in Hama city is one of the most well-known marketplaces in the city. It extends from the middle of al-Dabaga neighborhood to al-Marabit Street for about 500 meters, including more than 1000 shops.

Souq al-Tawil was previously called Souq al-Mansuriya. It is covered with a metal ceiling to protect the visitors from the elements.

Director of Hama Antiquities and Museums Department Abdel-qader Farzat told SANA that the market contains popular folk and contemporary clothing, linens,"...