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  • Lebanon’s Parliament reelects Berri as speaker for 7th time

    Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker who has held the post for 30 years, was reelected Tuesday for a seventh four-year term with the minimum number of votes needed and despite multiple crises plaguing the nation. Still, the slim majority in favor of Nabih Berri was a reflection of a significant shift in public opinion in the crumbling economy on the verge of bankruptcy. His reelection was practically guaranteed — even though more than a dozen new lawmakers won seats running on a reform platform.

  • Entry ban on visit visa holders to 4 Saudi airports from June 9

    Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) warned tourism companies against booking flight tickers for holders of visit visas of all kinds to the airports in Jeddah, Madinah, Yanbu and Taif as of Dhul Qaadah 10, 1443, corresponding to June 9, 2022. Saudia clarified that the period of its ban on entry to visa holders to the four airports is valid until Dhul Hijjah 10, 1443 AH corresponding to July 9, 2022.

  • The Middle East’s is worried India will ban rice exports next

    For instance, there has been a surge in demand for basmati rice in the Middle East, where prices are rising by $20-$30 per tonne. “We are suddenly witnessing a huge demand from the Middle East,” Gautam Miglani, owner of Haryana-based basmati rice exporter LRNK, told Economic Times. “The buyers are offering exporters a premium for urgent shipping of the grain. Rumours are going around that the government might put an export ban on basmati rice after it had banned wheat exports. This is fuelling the exports.”

  • French restaurant in Saudi Arabia bans hijab, causing outrage

    Following the news from small news outlets and customers' personal experiences, the restaurant received thousands of negative and one-star reviews on Google and Facebook from Saudis. One comment on its Facebook page from a social media user named Ameera Al Qahtani, for example, said it "does not deserve any star. Because it refuses to allow women [wearing] the hijab, and refuses the Saudi dress for men. They need to be kicked out of Jeddah. They don't respect our religion, and this makes me very angry."

  • Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid outbreaks

    The sixteen countries where the citizens of Saudi Arabia are banned to travel apart from India include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela, reported Gulf News.

  • Lawmakers question Khashoggi Ban as Saudi prince visits US

    “We seek to understand the rationale for Prince Khalid’s multiple visits and whether the Department of State reviewed allegations regarding his alleged role in targeting Saudi dissidents, consistent with the administration’s Khashoggi Visa Ban,” read a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken from Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.).

  • Analysis: For Riyadh, Hezbollah setback is rare good news from Lebanon

    For Saudi Arabia, losses for Iran's allies in a Lebanese general election mark a rare piece of good news from a country where Tehran has long been ascendant, and could play to Riyadh's advantage in a regional tussle for influence. The loss of a parliamentary majority won by Hezbollah and its allies in 2018 is a reversal for the heavily armed group, a dominant force in Lebanon for years with unwavering support from Shi'ite-led Iran, and may present Sunni Muslim-led Saudi Arabia with new possibilities for reasserting sway in Beirut.

  • Lebanon elections: Who are the major winners and losers?

    Lebanon's first elections since the country was devastated by its worst-ever economic crisis have unseated household names in Lebanese politics, shifted majority blocs, and yielded a surprising breakthrough for independents. Middle East Eye takes a look at some of the elections' most notable winners and losers.

  • A Lebanese vote for hope

    The culmination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 Beirut Blast pushed almost 80 percent of the population below poverty lines and these exponential problems intensified due to governmental corruption and egocentric mismanagement. Major protests across Beirut, Tripoli, and other large cities have become prevalent, demanding parliamentary change for financial and governmental reforms. This week’s elections have the potential to reflect a better future for the Lebanese population, therefore possessing heightened importance.

  • Statement on HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud Receiving Honorary Doctorate

    Her Royal Highness Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud received an honorary doctorate from Marymount University in Virginia this past Friday. The doctorate is in honor of Princess Reema's work empowering women across sectors in the Kingdom and globally.