By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Samia Nakhoul JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was given a warm welcome at an Arab summit on Friday, winning a hug from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince at a meeting of leaders who had shunned him for years, in a policy shift opposed by the U.S. and…
KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s capital Khartoum and sister city Bahri came under renewed air attack on Friday as the war between the army and paramilitary forces entered its fifth week, deepening a humanitarian crisis for trapped and displaced civilians. Mass looting by armed men and civilians alike is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum…
By Maya Gebeily (Reuters) – Every handshake would count, and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had plenty of them at Friday’s Arab League Summit – along with hugs and kisses – from his onetime foes in the region. As he strolled into the summit venue in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday afternoon, a beaming…
DAMASCUS/ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) – As some Syrians welcomed President Bashar al-Assad’s return to the Arab League on Friday, others expressed dismay that Arab states had welcomed back a leader they blame for death and destruction during 12 years of brutal civil war. The diverging views reflect deep splits in a nation shattered by the conflict…
(Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s attendance at an Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday is the result of big policy shifts by Arab states that once backed his opponents in Syria’s civil war. Here is an overview of the policies of major Arab players towards Syria and Assad, and how they have changed: SAUDI…
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Ebru Tuncay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish banks have restricted access to some individual loans and postponed decisions on extending corporate loans following new regulations introduced since Sunday’s inconclusive presidential vote and ahead of a May 28 runoff, bankers said. Some banks have raised monthly mortgage loan rates above 3% and car…
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves dropped some $4.45 billion to a 21-year low of $2.33 billion in the week to May 12, as forex demand surged ahead of elections, official data showed on Thursday. The bank’s total gross reserves plunged $9 billion in the same week to $105.13 billion, the…
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – Mass looting by armed men and civilians is making life an even greater misery for Khartoum residents trapped by fierce fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses said. While the RSF dominates the capital on the ground and the army conducts frequent airstrikes, the witnesses…
(Reuters) – A French government plane is taking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia and will later take him to the G7 leaders’ summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Zelenskiy will attend the Arab League summit later on Friday, the…
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The United States and the rest of the “Group of Seven” major economies will unveil new sanctions and export controls targeting Russia over its war against Ukraine, a U.S. official said ahead of a G7 summit in Japan. G7 leaders are gathering in Hiroshima on…
