Minister

Hind Kabawat is the minister of Social Affairs and Labour in the Syrian government
Syria
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Syria must shift from aid to development, minister says

Syria must shift from emergency relief to development to tackle poverty, its Social Affairs Minister Hind Kabawat has said, warning about funding gaps

The New Arab Staff
19 April, 2026
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

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
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rockets
MENA
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Israel threatens to launch 'major military operation' on Gaza

The New Arab & agencies
04 November, 2019
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi Islam minister orders preachers to address oil attacks

The New Arab
17 September, 2019
egypt security [getty]
Minister
MENA
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Egypt's former customs chief faces corruption charges

The New Arab
11 December, 2018
egypt security [getty]
Morsi
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Egypt arrests Morsi-era justice minister Ahmed Suleiman

The New Arab
05 December, 2018
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Yemen
MENA
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Yemeni rebel minister flees Sanaa, defects to Saudi Arabia

The New Arab & agencies
11 November, 2018
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Somalia
MENA
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Somalia's youngest minister 'accidentally killed' in capital

The New Arab & agencies
04 May, 2017
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Turkey
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Armenian-Lebanese minister's 'racist outburst' reignites traditional tensions with Turkey

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

02 April, 2017
Nabi Avci AFP
Turkey
MENA
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First Turkish minister visits Israel since 2010

The New Arab & agencies
08 February, 2017
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi finance minister sacked as part of cabinet reshuffle

The New Arab
01 November, 2016
Baghdad bombing AFP
security
MENA
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Baghdad death toll rises to 250

The New Arab
06 July, 2016
Bouteflika AFP
reshuffle
MENA
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Algerian president replaces energy, finance ministers

The New Arab
11 June, 2016
Laurence Rossignol AFP
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MENA
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French minister: Hijabis like 'negroes who supported slavery'

The New Arab
31 March, 2016
Syrian refugees
World Health Organisation
Society
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UN impartiality questioned after hiring Syrian foreign minister's wife

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

25 February, 2016
UAE happy getty
UAE
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UAE to appoint 'minister of happiness'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

09 February, 2016
Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem
Settlers
Society
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Israel imposes school curriculum on Palestinian Jerusalemites

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

29 January, 2016