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The Asimah Governorate or Capital Governorate [a] sometimes referred to as Al Kuwayt is one of the six governorates of Kuwait. It comprises the historic core of Kuwait City , industrial and port areas such as Shuwaikh Port and Doha Port , and several offshore islands.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA / ˌ s iː. aɪ ˈ eɪ /), known informally as the Agency, [6] metonymously as Langley [7] and historically as the Company, [8] is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human ...
Kuwait City (Arabic: مدينة الكويت, romanized: Madinat al-Kuwayt) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait.Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Arabian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Palace, government offices, and the headquarters of most Kuwaiti corporations and banks.
Expatriates account for around 60% of Kuwait's total population, with Kuwaitis constituting 38%-42% of the total population. The government and some Kuwaiti citizens consider the proportion of expatriates (which has been relatively stable since the mid-1970s) to be a problem, and in 2016 the number of deportations increased.
The Iraqi occupation of Kuwait ended on 26 February 1991, after an American-led international coalition expelled Iraqi forces from the country during the Gulf War. Like most other Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait is an emirate; the emir is the head of state and the ruling Al Sabah family dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's ...
The agency has a section with the title of Health and Environment which covers regularly updated news on environmental issues. [6] As of 2009, the news agency had offices and correspondents in 33 countries. [5] KUNA is an active member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) that includes the national news agencies of 18 Arab countries. [7]
Al Asimah means "the capital" in Arabic. It may refer to: Al Asimah Governorate (Jordan), also known as Capital Governorate, or Amman Governorate; Al Asimah Governorate (Kuwait), also known as Capital Governorate, or Al Kuwayt Governorate; Al Asimah Governorate (Bahrain), also known as Capital Governorate, or Al Manamah Governorate
Yarmouk is an area of Kuwait City in the Al Asimah Governorate in Kuwait. Divided into four blocks, its main dwellers have moved to the area from Al-Faiha as their families grew. Its main street is called Abdul-Aziz Bin-Baz Street which extends from the entrance and the Fourth-Ring Road all the way to the other side.