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A general view of the last session of the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Kuwait, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 (AP/Gustavo Ferrari).

Opinion: Will the Gulf Lose Qatar?

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 25, 2014 | Opinion

The Gulf has not experienced times as difficult as the ones we are currently living through today. In addition to the unprecedented tensions in the region, changes in foreign policies that were previously solid and clear, and the apathy of the most powerful country in...

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Libyan Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdelaziz stands during a meeting with his counterparts from the states bordering Libya to discuss the situation in the chaos-ridden North African nation on August 25, 2014 in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

Libya facing split between rival governments, says official

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libya is facing the prospect of the creation of two rival, hostile governments, a senior Libyan defense official told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. Mohamed Bouyassir, a senior adviser to the Libyan army, said the situation in Libya was approaching...

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A man holds up a knife as he rides on the back of a motorcycle touring the streets of Tabqa city with others in celebration after ISIS militants took over Tabqa air base, in nearby Raqqa city, Syria, on August 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

ISIS captures major Syrian air base in northeast

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters captured a major military air base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the jihadist group, activists and state media said. Tabqa...

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Manuel Valls (L) and then-Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg (R) at the National Assembly in Paris, on January 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Files)

French government resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2014 | World

Paris, Reuters—French Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented his government’s resignation on Monday, a day after Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg called for new economic policies and questioned neighbor Germany’s “obsession” with budgetary...

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Syrian opposition activists argue outside the venue of the main opposition Syrian National Coalition meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on May 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)

Opinion: The Syrian opposition has failed to get its message out

by Fayez Sara | Aug 25, 2014 | Opinion

Not many would disagree that the level of discourse among the Syrian opposition some three-and-a-half years after the eruption of the uprising in Syria is currently in a sorry state. In contrast to what it should be in terms of seriousness, responsibility, and the...