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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the press following a visit to the Khomeini mausoleum, in Tehran on June 16, 2013. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

Opinion: Have We Entered the Iranian Era?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 25, 2014 | Opinion

During this period of successive, barely understood regional developments, I believe a question worth asking regarding the Middle East is whether the US, and the international community behind it, has a serious vision of how the current situation may develop. What we...

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Iraqi minister of transportation, Hadi Al-Ameri, inspects volunteer fighters who joined the Iraqi army to fight against jihadist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Al-Othaim in Diyala province, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 3, 2014. (AFP Photo/Amer Al-Saadi)

Hadi Al-Ameri: A Militia Leader Torn between Washington and Tehran

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 25, 2014 | Profiles

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—When the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi Al-Ameri, became Iraq’s minister of transport during former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s second term in office, no one from Iraq’s political class or the major international political players...

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An EA-6B Prowler attached to the Garudas of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush (CVN 77) after conducting strike missions against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets, in the Gulf, September 23, 2014, in this handout picture courtesy of the US Navy. (Reuters/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens/US Navy/Handout via Reuters)

Syrian fighters advance despite US strikes

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

Damascus and Mürşitpınar, Reuters—US planes pounded Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters’ advance in a Kurdish area where fleeing refugees told of villages burnt and...

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Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada attends a celebration after his release from a prison near Amman, Jordan, on September 24, 2014. (Reuters/Majed Jaber)

Cleric Abu Qatada walks free after Jordan terror plot acquittal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

Amman, Reuters—Muslim cleric Abu Qatada walked free from a Jordanian jail on Wednesday after being cleared of charges of conspiring in a plot to attack tourists—his second acquittal this year following a long extradition process from Britain. The state security court...

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A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 99 miles (160 kilometers) from Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, on June 23, 2008. (Reuters/Ali Jarekji)

Too early for OPEC to decide on slashing output: UAE Energy Minister

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 24, 2014 | Business

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is too early for OPEC countries to make a decision on lowering the organization’s output target, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazroui told reporters on Tuesday, despite oil prices falling below the critical 100 US dollar...