As part of a Cabinet reorganization, King Salman of Saudi Arabia appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as prime minister on Tuesday. The monarch will still preside over Cabinet sessions, according to
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Within 72 hours, loyalists of firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled down the walls of the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies, twice. Moreover, they stormed
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Iraqi protesters stormed Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Wednesday to voice their opposition to Shia parties linked to Iran nominating a new prime minister. The state news agency said that protesters were
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Shia cleric and leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, is expected to thwart the candidacy of Mohammed al-Sudani as the country’s next prime minister, according to observers. Coordination Framework, a Shia
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A decree was issued on Tuesday by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to appoint Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as the new prime minister. Sheikh Mohammed was appointed to form
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Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid was reappointed as Kuwait’s prime minister on Tuesday, according to state media, and given the responsibility of building the Gulf OPEC oil producer’s third government this year in the
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