Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia where, comments from his finance minister suggest, he will seek financial help to stave off the likelihood of another IMF bailout.

Khan, on his first foreign trip since taking office last month, also plans to visit the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi Ministry of Media said.

Pakistan is trying to avert"...

With the participation of a delegation from the People’s Assembly, the Regional Seminar on the Sustainable Development Goals and Gender Equality for Parliaments of the Middle East and North Africa, was held in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Tuesday.

The Seminar is held in cooperation with the International Parliamentary Union.

Head of the Syrian delegation, Mohamed"...

The presidents of Russia, Turkey, and Iran met for a summit in Tehran on September 7 to discuss the situation in Syria, as well as US sanctions against Iran.

While they discussed the tragic situation in the town of Idlib, where 1.5 million displaced Syrians currently live and many jihadist organisations are dominating, Hassan Rouhani, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Vladimir Putin, also dedicated a lot of time to closer economic cooperation between the"...

Polls opened for Syrian local elections for the first time in seven years yesterday, but many citizens have vowed not to participate, as the government advances on the last opposition-held stronghold in Idlib. Polling booths opened yesterday morning at 7am and stayed open for 12 hours, with citizens voting for a selection of candidates approved by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

“Voting centres opened for citizens to cast their ballots to"...

Sir, – Brendan Butler (Sept.ember 8th) takes the political left to task for not leading the protest against the indiscriminate Russian bombardment of the innocent civilian population of Idlib in Syria.

The peace movement in Ireland has criticised Russia and others who are causing civilian deaths.

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said that his country is ready to take part in the rebuilding of Syria, Quds Press has reported. Maas made his comment ahead of a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Friday.

“If a political solution is found for Syria that ultimately leads to free elections, then we are ready to assume a share of the responsibility for reconstruction,” the German official explained. “We"...

The Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Ministry and the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce on Saturday signed a memo of understanding for boosting economic cooperation and commercial exchange between Syria and Brazil.

The MoU was signed by Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister Abdullah al-Gharbi and President of the Arab Brazilian Chamber Rubens Hannun.

The"...

Recent currency fluctuations in Turkey have political reasons, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.

“This issue is totally directed by political motives,” Erdogan told a meeting of his Justice and Development (AK) Party’s provincial leaders in the Turkish capital Ankara.

The recent fluctuations have also shown that no country in the world"...

The participants at Arab and Expatriate Businessmen Forum affirmed the need to develop a new investment law and relevant laws aiming at creating an investment map covering the needs of sustainable development sectorally and regionally to meet the requirements of the reconstruction phase.

The Forum was held on Tuesday in parallel with the 60th edition of Damascus International Fair at Sheraton Hotel in Damascus under the title “Partners in"...

Abu Abdo eases himself into the driver's seat, itching to try out freshly laid train tracks between two suburbs of Syria's capital, Damascus.

'I've been waiting for this day for six years,' the 42-year-old says, drumming excitedly on the train's control board.

He prepares for a test drive on a stretch of tracks leading from Qadam station - until"...