Middle East Travel News

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah met Sunday at Dasman Palace with Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative of the Amir of Qatar, and the delegation accompanying him.

DOHA: While younger Qataris are mostly going to Europe for holidaying during Eid Al Fitr, the older among the citizens prefer to stay put to spend time with relatives and friends.

It is Sunday and while we started the day at the Westover Farmer's Market, we decided to have our daily hike in Alexandria .

With the world going crazy, I tried running away from the news. It didn't work. I've been doing an eco-survey of Madagascar, the island nation off the east coast of Africa that contains the highest percentage of plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth - all of them now endangered to one degree or another.

BEIRUT: Jamil Fadlallah left Lebanon in 1979 without any money or legal papers, seeking an escape from the Lebanese Civil War, then in its fourth year.

Last Wednesday morning I was standing at the Egged bus station at Beit She'an, waiting for the 9:30 No.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NEW YORK - In the US, away from rockets, sirens, and bomb shelters, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fought in the marketplace - in the products consumers choose to buy, and the ones they choose to boycott.

Palestinian and Syrian students sit in a makeshift classroom in the offices of the Joint Christian Council in Sidon south Lebanon.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Occupancies set to be increased as competition has never been so tough Abu Dhabi's fast-growing hotel industry has prepared attractive packages to boost local and GCC tourism this Eid Al Fitr, which many believe would grow this year as a lot of fun-filled and leisure activities have been lined up in the capital.

Chairman of the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Tourism Elhamy El-Zayat The General Authority for Tourism needs restructuring, and tourism sector employee numbers do not match current tourist numbers, according to Chairman of the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Tourism Elhamy El-Zayat.

Many experts believed polio was on the verge of eradication, particularly after India, the most polio-endemic country in the world just a few short years ago, eliminated the crippling viral disease with it's last case being reported on January 13, 2011.

Hamas said it and other groups in Gaza had reached 'national consensus on a humanitarian truce', and Israel later confirmed it would observe 'a humanitarian window in the Gaza Strip'.

JESSE EISENBERG flew to Israel this week shortly before U.S. authorities imposed a travel ban due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and he has refused to let the violence ruin his trip.

Ghalib al-Zamili said that Riyadh al-Adhadah is now back at home Saturday, a day after gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs took him from his home in Baghdad along with his four bodyguards.

In the aftermath of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 last week and the rocket strike near Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv this week, people planning to fly to the Middle East or on a route crossing Eastern Europe have been left wondering whether or not they could - or should - continue with their travel plans.

The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday that would bar President Barack Obama from sending forces to Iraq in a "sustained combat role" without congressional approval, a bill likely to have greater symbolic than legal effect.

DOHA: Vegetable production in Qatar comes down drastically during the summer months when the weather is harsh.

DOHA: Remittances from Qatar have surged 30 percent in the past few days compared to normal days due to Eid holidays.

Muscat: As the Holy Month draws to a close, Oman is in the mood to celebrate. Walk into any supermarket, mall or souq it is bursting with activity and business.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a $4 billion high-speed train link between Istanbul and Ankara on Friday, the latest in a series of "mega projects" he hopes will help him win a presidential election in a few weeks time.