SHARJAH / Emirates Business An exhibition of calligraphy created by talented female artists from Southeast Asia opened on Thursday at Sharjah Calligraphy Museum. Entitled ‘Letters & Ornamentation from Southeast Asia’, the exhibition features Arabic scripts crafted by 12 master calligraphers from Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Each of the women are former students of the world-renowned Moroccan artist and calligrapher …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As part of the Asset Transfer Agreement signed with ENOC, ADNOC Distribution announced the opening of Seeh Al Mahab, Asraar and Al Ghafia re-branded service stations in Sharjah, taking the total number of service stations within its network in the emirate to 91. Saeed Mubarak Al Rashdi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of ADNOC Distribution, …

  Aleppo / AFP More than 4,000 fighters left rebel-held areas of Aleppo, the Red Cross said on Thursday, in the “last stages” of an evacuation clearing the way for Syria’s army to retake the city. A week into the rebel withdrawal from the east of Syria’s second city, the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the one-time opposition stronghold …