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  • Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals with Taliban and mass desertions

    The spectacular collapse of Afghanistan’s military that allowed Taliban fighters to walk into the Afghan capital Sunday despite 20 years of training and billions of dollars in American aid began with a series of deals brokered in rural villages between the militant group and some of the Afghan government’s lowest-ranking officials.

  • Biden administration tries to mobilize international diplomatic effort to halt Taliban

    In the largest such gathering since U.S.-Taliban talks began nearly two years ago, representatives from Russia, China, Afghanistan’s regional neighbors, European powers, the European Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations have converged on Doha, Qatar, for U.S.-led meetings with the militants.

  • Saudi Arabia to place travel ban on those involved in commercial fraud

    The Saudi cabinet has issued a decison authorising the Public Prosecution to put a travel ban on those held on charges of fraud, pending a final court ruling. The move also stipulates that the Ministry of Interior, once a final judgment is issued convicting a non-Saudi of commercial fraud, shall deport the convict from the Kingdom and ban them from re-entering. This is in accordance with regulations set by the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Investment.

  • Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall

    The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan and a local army headquarters completing their blitz across the country’s northeast and pressing their offensive elsewhere, officials said Wednesday. The insurgents now control some two-thirds of the nation as the U.S. and NATO finalize their withdrawal after a decades-long war there.

  • Saudi Arabia Lifts a Ban on Foreign Pilgrims Heading to Mecca

    Saudi Arabia has resumed allowing travelers from abroad to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, the kingdom announced this week, a new easing of the restrictions imposed last year to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the Islamic holy sites.

  • Saudi Arabia says assistance to Lebanese depends on serious reforms – Cabinet

    Saudi Arabia reiterated on Tuesday its solidarity with the Lebanese people, but said any assistance to current or future government depends on serious reforms, state news agency SPA reported, citing a statement by the Saudi Cabinet. “Any assistance provided to the current or future government depends on it carrying out serious and tangible reforms, while ensuring that aid reaches its beneficiaries, and avoiding mechanisms that enable corrupt people from controlling the fate of Lebanon,” the Cabinet said.

  • Six More Afghan Provinces Fall to Taliban

    The insurgents have encircled the country and besieged the cities. They now control most border passes into the landlocked country. Billions of dollars in customs revenues are being lost to the cash-strapped government. More than a million people have been displaced by fighting, and inflation has hit double digits.

  • In Lebanon, Discontent Grows With Hezbollah’s Political, Military Might

    There is growing discontent among Lebanese with political and military powerhouse Hezbollah calling the shots in the country. Analysts say a 2006-style confrontation with Israel, which bolstered its militia image then, is not an option for Iran-backed Hezbollah now, as it's seen as part of the problem. Even Lebanon's influential Maronite Catholic Patriarch is calling on the beleaguered country's army to "confront Hezbollah for the sake of Lebanon."

  • Brawls over scarce fuel in Lebanon turn deadly, 3 killed

    Tensions over scarce fuel supplies in Lebanon descended into deadly violence on Monday — including knives, guns and a hand grenade — that killed three men, the country’s news agency reported. Lebanon has faced months of severe fuel shortages that have prompted long lines at gas stations and plunged the small country, dependent on private generators for power, into long hours of darkness.

  • MHRSD identifies eight jobs banned for expats in malls

    These professions include the positions of branch manager, section manager, section supervisor, branch assistant manager, sales’ specialist, fund accounting supervisor, marketing specialist and customer service, the ministry said in a statement on its Twitter account. The ministry’s clarification came after it began implementing total Saudization of malls effective from Aug. 4, in all regions of the Kingdom. Meanwhile, the field monitoring teams from the ministry started inspection tours of malls across the Kingdom.