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• Why it matters to be local to Saudi listeners

  Saudi listeners have an infinite appetite for music, with the music industry on the rise in the Kingdom over the past couple of years. With the market eager and open to more and more global content, all while producing local content for the world, this infographic focuses on why Saudi streamers love Anghami – the local player in a market where global players are present.

  • The National - Saudi radio star Big Hass to host new online series to promote local artists
• Following US warning, Iraq steps up pressure on outlawed militias

  In an urgent meeting called by Salih Sept. 27, and attended by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi and President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge Faiq Zaidan, the attacks on foreign missions and the urgent need to protect them from further assaults were discussed.

  • Al-Monitor - Kadhimi follows through on promises to reform Iraq's security sector
• Commentary: Ethiopia’s Power Play on the Nile Has Left the Region in a Deadlock

  The classic conundrum of transboundary watercourses is that downstream states, with their lush valleys and bountiful deltas, often construct sophisticated riparian-based economies before mountainous upstream states begin to develop the need and capacity to exploit these shared natural resources. This is particularly true in the Nile Basin.

• Perspective: Saudi Arabia’s support to Palestine

  Ahmad argued, however, that in the past they had exceeded their commitments. “Over the years Saudi Arabia has far exceeded the amount that they committed to at the Beirut summit [in 2002].” According to the pro-Saudi Al-Arabiya, “Between 2000 and 2018, Saudi Arabia has provided more than $6,473,586,361 in aid to the State of Palestine, of which about $250 million was allocated to [UNRWA].”

• Here’s the Latest on Libya as It Restarts Oil Output and Exports

  Oil output has risen to at least 250,000 barrels a day from roughly 90,000 since the partial lifting last week of a blockade on the OPEC member’s energy facilities.

• U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria

  Other American military and counterterrorism officials, as well as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that the Hellfire missile strike killed Sayyaf al-Tunsi, a Tunisian who was a senior planner of Qaeda attacks against the West, including the United States. U.S. military officials said Mr. al-Tunsi’s death would disrupt operations of the Qaeda affiliate, called Hurras al-Din.

• Jordan’s king dissolves parliament’s lower house

  King Abdullah II of Jordan dissolves the Lower House of Parliament on Sunday. According to the Jordan's Constitution, the Jordanian government must resign within one week from the dissolution of the lower house.

  • Reuters - Jordan reopens trade gateway with Syria after month-long COVID closure
• Pompeo warns Iraq U.S. plans Baghdad embassy pullout

  The United States has told the Iraqi government and its diplomatic partners that it's planning a full withdrawal from its embassy in Baghdad unless Iraq reins in attacks on personnel linked to the American presence there — a move that Iraqi officials said caught them by surprise.

• Qatar Airways got $1.95 billion government lifeline after losses widened

  Several countries, including the United States, have stepped in to help airlines hammered by the coronavirus crisis that brought global travel to a near-halt earlier this year. The lifeline was provided to Qatar Airways after annual losses exceeded 50% of share capital and was later converted into new shares, said the airline’s financial statement. Qatar Airways, which has slashed jobs and delayed new aircraft deliveries due to the pandemic, flagged in March that it would seek state support but had not until now disclosed the funding.

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Opens New Base on Hormuz Strait

  The Shaheed Rahbari base near the port of Sirik, on the eastern side of the Strait of Hormuz, took six years to build and will give Iran “full control” of various vessels that use the channel, the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, a report on Press TV’s website said, citing an opening ceremony attended by IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami.

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