Middle East

Wednesday 02/August/2017 20:15 PM

Iraq in market to raise $1 billion for bond

Dubai: Iraq started marketing a $1 billion bond on Wednesday, its first international debt issuance as a standalone credit since 2006 and an attempt to put...

Tuesday 01/August/2017 20:46 PM

SDF advances against IS in southern Raqqa

Beirut: The U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are on the verge of seizing full control of the southern neighborhoods of IS-held Raqqa, a Kurdish...

Tuesday 01/August/2017 20:28 PM

Iran accuses US of breaching nuclear deal

London: Iran believes new sanctions that the United States has imposed on it breach the nuclear deal it agreed in 2015 and has complained to a body that...