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Dec 11 4 tweets 4 min read
#SPOTLIGHT: #Iran faces “water bankruptcy” as decades of drought, heavy overuse & mismanagement push reservoirs & aquifers toward collapse arab.news/pbbtfImage
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#SPOTLIGHT: Tehran’s water reserves have plunged to unprecedented lows, prompting fears of rationing or evacuation amid Iran’s ongoing drought arab.news/pbbtfThis picture taken on December 8, 2018 shows a general view of recreational boats along the shore of the salt lake of Urmia and Shahid Kalantari causeway crossing it, in the northwest of Iran which had been shrinking in one of the worst ecological disasters of the past 25 years. (AFP)
This combination of handout satellite images courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory taken on (L) September 6, 2020 and on (R) September 7, 2023 by the the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 shows views of the Lake Urmia salt lake in northwestern Iran, when water filled most of the basin and salt deposits were only visible around the perimeter of the lake and of the desiccated lakebed three years later. (AFP)
The low water inlet of the river upstream of the Amir Kabir dam along the Karaj river is pictured in Iran's northern Alborz mountain range on June 1, 2025. (AFP)
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Jun 17 40 tweets 22 min read
Iran-Israel crisis (Tuesday):

• White House proposes ceasefire/nuclear talks this week, discussing with Iran possibility of meeting between US Envoy Witkoff and Iran FM Abbas Araghchi — US media

• Trump leaves G7 summit early to deal with Mideast crisis

• Three locations in northeast Tehran hit by Israeli projectiles: Iranian media

• Fitch: we expect geopolitical risk premium in oil prices due to Israel-Iran conflict to be contained at around $5-$10

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#BREAKING:
. Paris, Berlin and London urge Tehran to negotiate as soon as possible and without preconditions

. Trump: My early departure from G7 meeting has absolutely nothing to do with the ceasefire between Israel and Iran

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May 28, 2024 5 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING: Recognizing #Palestinian statehood 'essential for reaching peace' - Sanchez arab.news/pe2aq
#BREAKING: #Israel FM says #Spain PM partner in 'incitement to Jewish genocide' arab.news/junnr
May 20, 2024 25 tweets 12 min read
#BREAKING: All passengers on board the president’s helicopter killed - Iranian Mehr Agency arab.news/zsjwq
#BREAKING: #Iranian Vice President Mohsen Mansouri on social media platform X confirms president Raisi's death in a helicopter crash arab.news/zsjwq
May 2, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
#BREAKING: #Hamas delegation to visit #Egypt soon for further ceasefire talks - statement arab.news/b67ck
#BREAKING: #Hamas chief says group studying #Gaza truce proposal ‘in positive spirit’ arab.news/b67ck
Jan 18, 2024 22 tweets 11 min read
#BREAKING: Executive chairman of #WEF @ProfKlausSchwab commends #Israel president @Isaac_Herzog on his leadership and leading his country through crises
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#BREAKING: #Israel president @Isaac_Herzog says October 7 attacks by #Hamas resulted in the highest number of #Jews killed since the holocaust
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Oct 26, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Greece’s Prime Minister #KyriakosMitsotakis to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations
arab.news/g6br7 #BREAKING: Joint #Saudi-#Greek statement stresses need to enhance #defense and security cooperation, to raise the level, readiness and skill of their military forces through joint military exercises and drills
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Oct 26, 2021 34 tweets 30 min read
#BREAKING: We will work together to develop #Sudan, says Sudanese sovereign council head General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan: Al-Arabiya #BREAKING: It was our duty to stand with Sudanese people, says #Sudanese sovereign council head General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan: Al-Arabiya
Oct 26, 2021 7 tweets 7 min read
#BREAKING: #Sudan’s Burhan to hold a press conference today on latest developments in the country: Al Arabiya TV arab.news/jm99f #BREAKING: #Sudan’s Burhan issues six new decisions, including dissolving trade union management committees arab.news/jm99f
Oct 26, 2021 10 tweets 14 min read
Good morning from the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, where global leaders and icons will gather for the @FIIKSA 5th Anniversary! Follow our live coverage.

#FII5 #ImpactOnHumanity

arabnews.com/fii2021 #FII5: Inside the conference hall of the @FIIKSA 5th anniversary. This year's theme is "Invest in Humanity."

The show is about to begin. Follow our coverage.

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Oct 25, 2021 39 tweets 42 min read
The #MGISummit is about to begin. Follow our live coverage of the event, where high-profile regional leaders gather in #Riyadh to discuss #climate action ahead of #COP26.

arabnews.com/SGI2021 #MGISummit: #Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as well as #Jordan and and #Kuwait's crown princes, arrive at the venue. Pakistani PM @ImranKhanPTI also shows attendance.

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Oct 25, 2021 42 tweets 39 min read
#Sudan’s Prime Minister #AbdallaHamdok under house arrest, several cabinet officials and allies seized in apparent #powergrab arab.news/mtcf5 #BREAKING: #Khartoum airport shut amid reports of coup in #Sudan: Al-Arabiya arab.news/mtcf5
Oct 25, 2021 6 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: #Alhadath TV reports arrest of 4 Sudanese ministers and a member of #Sudan's sovereign council
arab.news/mtcf5 #BREAKING: One of those arrested was Ali Al-Rayh Al-Sanhouri, secretary-general of the Sudanese Baath Party, Al-Sharq reports, quoting unnamed sources arab.news/mtcf5
Oct 24, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
Pakistan’s Prime Minister #ImranKhan and his accompanying delegation arrive in Saudi Arabia’s capital, #Riyadh, to attend the #MiddleEastGreenInitiative Summit @PTIofficial
arab.news/vesft ImageImage #PHOTOS: Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council Mohamed Al-Menfi (@LPCLYM), and his accompanying delegation, arrive in #Riyadh to attend the #MiddleEastGreenInitiativeSummit
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Oct 24, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
The #YouthGreenSummit starts today in #Riyadh, as part of the #SaudiGreenInitiative, with the attendance from #SaudiArabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Al-Saud

arabnews.com/sgi2021 Image #Saudi energy minister says he will not buy electric car, but #SaudiArabia will manufacture electric vehicles

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Sep 13, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: First Pakistani commercial flight lands at #Kabul airport: Al-Arabiya correspondent arab.news/4c82u #BREAKING: #Pakistan International Airlines commercial passenger flight takes off from #Kabul: Reuters witness arab.news/n9cps
Sep 12, 2021 4 tweets 5 min read
#WATCH: Arab News' Editor-in-Chief @FaisalJAbbas recounts vivid memories of the day when the #September11 attacks took place arab.news/8drqj #WATCH: Airport security, state surveillance, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, #September11 changed the world in so many ways, says Arab News Editor-in-Chief @FaisalJAbbas arab.news/8drqj
Sep 12, 2021 12 tweets 9 min read
#BREAKING: #SaudiArabia and #Austria press conference begins
arabnews.com/world #BREAKING: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister affirms support for international efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon
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Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 5 min read
#BREAKING: #Israel PM calls on the international community to put a stop to #Iran's nuclear program, says Tehran is at advanced stage
arab.news/jtjdr #BREAKING: Iranian media says Tehran agrees to maintain surveillance cameras following talks with IAEA head Rafael Grossi
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Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
#September11 Spotlight: Ethnic & sectarian divisions in #Afghanistan & #Iraq were never something Americans or other Western powers could simply “fix,” writes David Romano | arab.news/c35bz #September11 Spotlight: After failures in #Afghanistan & #Iraq, banishing such grandiose policy goals as “nation-building” from #US imagination might prove wise, writes David Romano | arab.news/c35bz
Sep 12, 2021 5 tweets 7 min read
#Spotlight: Airline security measures changed the way people fly after #September11, but for #Arabs and #Muslims, racial & religious profiling became the norm | arab.news/5u8w9 #September11 Spotlight: Fear of #terrorism after 9/11 has led to the widespread acceptance of extensive & often intrusive security measures at airports | arab.news/5u8w9