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​Last month, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad approved a 2023 draft budget of 16.5 trillion Syrian pounds. Official media celebrated the figure, a 24 percent increase from the previous year. But viewing the budget based on its value in local currency is misleading.

Israel’s new far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has instructed Israeli forces to remove Palestinian flags from public areas, calling the hoisting of the flag an act of “terrorism”, Al Jazeera reported.

The Jordanian-Qatari trade exchange volume increased significantly last year, by over 28 percent compared to 2021.

His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday was briefed on plans for establishing the new city, to be located nearly 40km from Amman’s center and 31km from Zarqa city, in line with economic and administrative modernization efforts, a Royal Court statement said.

The four-day “final phase” round of consultations between the military and civilian powers in Sudan should end with the adoption of a roadmap that delivers a non-partisan civilian government, which will prepare for general elections. Supported by the international community, the consultations, which kicked off this week, will focus on issues related to dismantling the rump regime of Omar Al-Bashir, achieving transitional justice, reforming the military and security apparatus, and dealing wit...

When Portugal’s electrical system needs a boost, a signal activates a power plant buried deep in a hillside in the country’s scrubby, pine-covered north. Inside the human-made cavern, valves, nearly three meters in diameter, suddenly open, allowing water draining from a reservoir 6.5km away to begin streaming through four massive turbines.

Before Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown exploded into a sprawling metropolis — eating up wooded hills and encroaching on the Atlantic — Eugenia Kargbo loved it for the pristine beaches and lush forests that once enveloped the city, and for its green landscape.

Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, during a panel discussion in Manama on Thursday, stressed the importance of leveraging the cooperation opportunities available between Jordan and Bahrain in various fields, especially investment, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Tuesday summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman to deliver a letter of protest against the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif on Tuesday.

Jordanians working in Qatar sent home a staggering $440 million (JD312 million) in 2022, a 10 percent increase compared to 2021 remittances, according to Qatari officials and directors of exchange and money transfer companies.