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Supporters listen to Imran Khan deliver a speech during what has been dubbed a “freedom march” in Islamabad on September 16, 2014. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)

Pakistan’s PM threatens to clear protesters camped in capital

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2014 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, weakened by weeks of demonstrations calling for him to resign, threatened on Wednesday to clear a protest camp established more than a month ago outside government offices in Islamabad. Protesters led by Imran...

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Iraq Coalition leader Fadel Al-Dabbass talks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Baghdad, Iraq on September 14, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraq Coalition leader hails Abadi’s halting of airstrikes

by Ma'ad Fayad | Sep 17, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of one of the Sunni political blocs in Iraq’s parliament welcomed Prime Minister Haider Al-Abdadi’s decision to halt air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in the country. Fadel Al-Dabbass, leader...

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(From L, Top) European Union representative Pierre Vimont, United Nations special envoy in Iraq Nickolay Mladenov, Japanese Ambassador to Iraq Kazuya Nashida, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Baodong, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Qatar foreign minister Khaled al-Attiyah, Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, (From l, Middle) Danish Foreign Minister Martin Liddegaard, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates Sheik Abdullah Bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Norwegian Foreign Borge Brende, Czech Foreign Minister Lubormir Zaoralek, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, (From L, Front) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraqi President Fuad Masum, French President Francois Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, US Secretary of States John Kerry, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Belgian Foreign Minister Jean-Arthur Regibeau, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa pose for a group photo at the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq on September 15, 2014 at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris on September 15, 2014. The leaders of France and Iraq on September 15 urged swift action against Islamic State militants, with President Francois Hollande warning there was “no time to lose” as he opened an international conference to shore up an anti-jihadist coalition. AFP Photo/Pool/Michel Euler)

Opinion: Déjà Vu All Over Again

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Sep 17, 2014 | Opinion

The campaign that is being waged by some Islamists, backed by some nationalist and left-wing writers and a new generation of their students, against the new international alliance against religious terrorism reminds us of the cynicism and skepticism that dominated the...

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Cargo ships sail through the Suez Canal, seen from a helicopter, near Ismailia, Egypt, in this September 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File)

Opinion: The people of Egypt have spoken

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 17, 2014 | Opinion

It is not hard to gauge the general mood of the Egyptian public, especially for those who wish to understand it clearly. Despite this, political forces, countries and even Egyptian governments throughout the years have often misread it completely, leading them to...

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Downtown Beirut skyline behind the marina. (AFP Photo/Anwar Amro)

Lebanon investigates undersea freshwater springs to tackle drought

by Mohamed Khair | Sep 17, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Freshwater springs off Lebanon’s coast could help alleviate the country’s worst water crisis in decades, though the country’s government is yet to back an extraction plan proposed by researchers. Experts say the discovery of freshwater erupting...