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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Kuwait’s ruling emir announced the formation of a new cabinet on Tuesday, breaking a month-long deadlock with the nomination of 15 new government ministers who will have to address a series of political and financial difficulties. The new cabinet of Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah represents the Gulf Arab state’s fourth government over the last year and a half alone. Kuwait has struggled to defuse a standoff between members of the Gulf’s only elected parliament and an emir-appointed government. The dispute has delayed an overhaul of Kuwait’s welfare system and prevented…