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Egypt says 30 suspected militants killed in Sinai raids
The military statement said 30 "highly dangerous" militants were killed and five others arrested in the raids
Trump to host Lebanon's Hariri on July 25 -White House
President Donald Trump will host Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the White House on July 25: statement
Many foreign fighters likely to stay in Syria, Iraq - U.S. official
In a new assessment, the U.S. intelligence community judges that large numbers of foreigners fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria likely will stay to defend what is left of their self-declared caliphate rather than return to their homelands, a top U.S. counter-terrorism official said
New taxes could reduce Lebanese banks’ profitability
The taxes and especially the tax hike on the interest of deposits and treasury bills may cause the profits of banks to fall by around $300 million a year: one financial expert
Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border
The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive on Friday to clear militants from an area of the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, a commander in the military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad told Reuters.
First Saudi jobs website for women aims to get more women in the workforce
An Algerian biomedical engineer has set up a free website in March this year called "Alajnabia", or foreigner in Arabic, with the aim of increasing the amount of women in the workforce by connecting job seekers with recruiters.
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