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Lebanon's Minister of Economy Amin Salam leaves following a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on September 13, 2021
Lebanon
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Lebanon approves former minister release accused of corruption

Lebanon’s judicial authorities ordered the release on $100,000 bail of former economy minister Amin Salam who had been in detention for months.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 December, 2025
Announcement Of The First Government Under President Ahmad Al-Sharaa
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria minister appears to call Alawites 'servants or criminals'

The New Arab Staff
11 July, 2025
Shadi Al-Waisi was an Islamic judge in rebel-held areas of Syria before becoming justice minister [Getty]
Syria
MENA
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Syrian minister 'oversaw execution of women for prostitution'

The New Arab Staff
05 January, 2025
Kabul suicide attack [Getty]
Afghanistan
World
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Afghan refugees minister killed by suicide blast blamed on IS

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 December, 2024
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwait's ex-defence minister jailed for seven years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 November, 2023
Kuwait
MENA
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Kuwait: Finance minister quits in latest political turmoil

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2023
Jerusalem
Palestine
MENA
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Holy Land sees its first ordained Palestinian woman pastor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2023
Israel
MENA
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Israel economy minister visits Morocco to develop trade ties

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 February, 2022
Wedding Egypt Minister
wedding
MENA
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Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding

The New Arab Staff
06 January, 2021
oil
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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OPEC+ calls last-minute talks ahead of planned oil increase

The New Arab Staff
27 November, 2020
Houthi minister
Yemen
MENA
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Gunmen kill 'wanted' Yemeni Houthi minister

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 October, 2020
iran flag
Tehran
MENA
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Iranian parliament approves new trade and industry minister

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 September, 2020
Sudan protest
UAE
MENA
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Sudan delegation in UAE 'won't discuss Israel normalisation'

The New Arab Staff
22 September, 2020
Yaakov Litzman -- afp
Minister
MENA
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Ultra-Orthodox Israeli minister resigns to protest expected coronavirus lockdown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2020
libya
Tripoli
MENA
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Libya interior minister back in post after post-demos suspension

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 September, 2020
Manal Abdel Samad
resignation
MENA
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Lebanon minister quits in first govt resignation over blast

The New Arab Staff
09 August, 2020
egypt advisor
Pandemic
MENA
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Egyptian Minister of Health advisor contracts coronavirus

The New Arab Staff
05 June, 2020
UAE Minister Otaiba
Washington
MENA
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Former UAE minister ridiculed for publishing 20,500 page autobiography

The New Arab
18 May, 2020
israel
natural gas
MENA
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Israel's environment minister calls green activists 'ignorant charlatans'

The New Arab
08 January, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran [Getty]
prime minister
MENA
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Israeli PM appoints new defence minister, boosting Likud party

The New Arab & agencies
09 November, 2019
yuval
rockets
MENA
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Israel threatens to launch 'major military operation' on Gaza

The New Arab & agencies
04 November, 2019