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Members of the Druze community hold a poster depicting Syria’s President Bashar A-Assad during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights, Syria, in this February 14, 2012 file photo. (Reuters//Baz Ratner)

Opinion: In Syria, the Alliance of Minorities is Counterproductive

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Nov 13, 2014 | Opinion

Sultan Al-Atrash, a leading figure in the Great Syrian Revolt against the French in 1925, remains a larger-than-life hero in Druze folk culture. These days, the Druze of Syria find themselves at a crossroads, and need to decide where their loyalties lie, as the...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (far L), European Union adviser Catherine Ashton (L), Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yussef bin Alawi (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (far R), in Muscat on November 9, 2014. (AP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM, POOL)

Opinion: What Will Follow the November 24 Deadline?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 13, 2014 | Opinion

The media spotlight is currently focused on the talks between the US, EU and Iran in Muscat, ahead of a November 24 deadline to reach a comprehensive deal on Tehran’s nuclear program. But the question is: what happens after the deadline? US Secretary of State John...

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Kahil: Cartoonist for the Complicated Orient

by Amir Taheri | Nov 13, 2014 | Book Reviews, Lifestyle & Culture

Are you puzzled by what is going on in the “complicated Orient” these days? There’s the continuing tragedy in Syria, the bloody struggle in Iraq, a multi-layered civil war in Yemen, and a power vacuum in Lebanon, not to mention daily terrorist attacks in half a dozen...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) shake hands during a meeting in Muscat, Oman, on November 9, 2014. Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah (center R) and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton (center L) stand at background. (AP Photo/Nicholas Kamm, Pool)

Iran’s conservatives turn up heat on nuclear deal as deadline approaches

by Ali M. Pedram | Nov 13, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s influential Supreme National Security Council, confirmed on Wednesday that Iran has responded to US President Barack Obama’s letters to Iran’s supreme leader, though he gave no indication if the responses...