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EU representative Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif give a press statement after a round of talks between the European Union and Iran in Vienna, Austria on July 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/Samuel Kubani)
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Director Asghar Farhadi (L) and actor Peyman Moadi pose with the award for ‘Best foreign film’ for “A Separation” at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles, United States, on January 15, 2012. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)
Iran’s Cinema in Search of Global Markets
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decades-long political confrontation between Iran and the United States is known to almost anyone interested in international politics. Less known, however, is the rivalry between the two in offering different visions of the seventh art,...Caption:
The prime minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government, Ahmed Tu’mah, speaks at a Syrian National Coalition meeting ahead of his election to the post on September 14, 2013 (AFP Photo)
Opinion: Learning the Lessons of the Past
The General Secretariat of the Syrian National Coalition decided to dismiss the interim government of the Syrian opposition led by Ahmad Tu’mah by a two-thirds majority in its last meeting. It also tasked the former government to act as a caretaker administration...Caption:
A woman takes a photograph of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk, on July 26, 2014. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
Fighting intensifies near MH17 crash site
Donetsk, AP—Ukrainian armed forces mounted a major onslaught against pro-Russian separatist fighters on Sunday, in an attempt to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month. Reports of the intensifying unrest prompted a...Caption:
Fadil Al-Ameen. (Asharq Al-Awsat)