Mideast digital health firm Altibbi raises $44 million and aims for IPO – ET HealthWorld

Mideast digital health firm Altibbi raises  million and aims for IPO – ET HealthWorld

Dubai – Altibbi, a Middle East digital health platform founded in Jordan and headquartered in Dubai, has raised $44 million in a series B round to expand its online pharmacy and diagnostic collection business, it said in a statement on Monday. The funding round was led by Dubai-headquartered Foundation Holdings and the venture capital arm … Read more

After another war, displaced Gazans face familiar plight

After another war, displaced Gazans face familiar plight

It took Ramez al-Masri three years to rebuild his home after it was destroyed in a 2014 Israeli offensive. When war returned to the area last week, it took just a few seconds for the house to be flattened again in an Israeli airstrike. The despondent al-Masri once again finds himself among the thousands of … Read more

Iran, US warships in first tense Mideast encounter in a year

Iran, US warships in first tense Mideast encounter in a year

American and Iranian warships had a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf earlier this month, the first such incident in about a year amid wider turmoil in the region over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday. Footage released by the Navy showed a ship commanded by Iran‘s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard cut in … Read more