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A Lebanese man stands next to his vehicle submerged in flooded water in the tunnel leading to Beirut’s airport on December 4, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Lebanon’s stormy weather evokes déjà vu

by Vivian Haddad | Nov 19, 2014 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—No sooner were the Lebanese recovering from their recent political, security and food crises when winter arrived over the weekend to add fuel to the fire—or “add water to the cement,” as the Lebanese proverb goes. It was the same old story for...

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Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (C) greets Saudi King Abdullah (seated) as the rulers of the GCC member-states met in an emergency session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 16, 2014. (AP Photo/SPA)

Opinion: The GCC’s Honeymoon

by Salman Al-dossary | Nov 19, 2014 | Opinion

For a period of 255 days the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) faced one of its worst crises, one which raised the likelihood of seeing some member states being pushed out of the organization. The period of 255 days is the officially acknowledged one, at least, for the...

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Delegates attend a session of the United Against Violence in the Name of Religion conference at KAICIID in Vienna, in November 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Conference on religious violence starts in Vienna

by Buthaina Abdulrahman | Nov 19, 2014 | World

Vienna, Asharq Al-Awsat—A three-day conference to tackle religious violence and address the plight of minorities in the Middle East began on Tuesday morning at the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in...

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Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa attends the consultative meeting of interior ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in the Bahraini capital Manama on April 23, 2013. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Qatar no longer offering citizenship to Bahraini nationals: Bahrain interior minister

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Manama and Abu Dhabi, Asharq Al-Awsat—Qatar has stopped offering Bahraini nationals Qatari citizenship, Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa said on Tuesday, in what may mark the end of a long-running dispute between the two...

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Former Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton (C) arrives for a working lunch with the Iranian Foreign Minister at the Iranian Embassy during the P5+1 talks with Iran in Vienna on November 18, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMAR)

Extending Iranian nuclear talks deadline is worst case scenario: source

by Buthaina Abdulrahman | Nov 19, 2014 | Middle East

Vienna, Asharq Al-Awsat—As officials from Iran and six world powers meet in Vienna to iron out differences over the future of Tehran’s nuclear program, an Iranian official source told Asharq Al-Awsat the two sides urgently need to reach a consensus ahead of a November...