Kuwait prime minister offers resignationEmir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a decree naming the new line-up with Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, staying on as prime minister. Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the emir’s eldest son aged 69, was appointed as first deputy premier and defence minister. Bakheet al-Rasheedi, a former top oil executive, replaces the outgoing oil minister Essam al-Marzouk. Kuwait arrests 12 over ties to Iran, HezbollahNayef al-Hajraf, former head of the Capital Markets Authority, will take over the finance ministry from Anas al-Saleh, who was appointed as state minister for cabinet affairs. The previous cabinet resigned at the end of October after opposition lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion against Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah, then the state minister for cabinet affairs.

Source: The Express Tribune December 11, 2017 21:00 UTC