Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a Standard Musataha Agreement (SMA) with the Sobha Group, one of the largest real estate development companies in India and the Middle East, to launch a multi-use modern furniture factory in Khalifa Industrial City. The Chief Executive of Khalifa Industrial City, Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla, said that Sobha represents the latest …

Dubai / WAM Emirates Airline and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Tourism Administration on Thursday held a route launch presentation, focused on educating key travel trade partners in the UAE and Middle East region about Yinchuan, one of Emirates Airline’s upcoming two gateways into Mainland China. The presentation comes just six weeks ahead of the launch of direct air services to …

Geneva / AFP Talks to end Syria’s brutal five-year conflict were rattled on Thursday by uncertainty surrounding the arrival of a second opposition group and the declaration by Syria’s Kurds of an autonomous region. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura met for the first time late Wednesday with an umbrella delegation including the so-called Moscow Group, which is demanding an equal …