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US President Barack Obama talks on the phone with King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, United States, on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/ Jim Watson)

US, Gulf and Arab allies meet to discuss ISIS

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Sep 11, 2014 | Middle East

London, Jeddah, Riyadh and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A major summit of US and Arab officials will take place in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday to discuss the formation of a coalition to confront terrorism in the region. The meeting will be attended by the Gulf...

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US President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, September 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

Obama orders US air strikes in Syria against ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2014 | Middle East

Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized US air strikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq in a broad escalation of a campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group....

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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a visit to the offices of financial company Scottish Widows in Edinburgh, Scotland September 10, 2014. (REUTERS/James Glossop/Pool)

British PM begs Scots not to break up “family of nations”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2014 | World

Edinburgh, Reuters—British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday begged Scots not to rip apart the United Kingdom’s “family of nations,” flying to Scotland to man the barricades against a surge in support for independence eight days before a...

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This undated file photo shows UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigator William Schabas. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UN Gaza investigator says will not resign despite Israeli pressure

by Nadia Al-Turki | Sep 11, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) probe into Israel’s war on Gaza has told Asharq Al-Awsat he will not resign from his post despite pressure to do so from the Israeli government and media. Canadian international law expert...

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New Iraqi government officials participate in a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad September 8, 2014. Iraq’s parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday night, in a bid to rescue Iraq from collapse, with sectarianism and Arab-Kurdish tensions on the rise. REUTERS/Hadi Mizban/Pool (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS)

Opinion: Iraq’s New Government and its Old Faces

by Tariq Alhomayed | Sep 11, 2014 | Opinion

The new government in Baghdad can be said to include all the old faces involved in Iraq’s crisis—and it doesn’t even include the the defense or interior ministers yet, who are yet to be named. Looking at the new government—in particular the new vice presidents...