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Pentagon official Ashton Carter testifies before a Congressional committee in Washington, on February 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Smoke billows from the site of clashes on the road leading to the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on July 20, 2014.
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Exiled Libyan leaders discuss anti-Brotherhood efforts in Cairo: leaked document
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Various political and business figures from Libya have been holding secret talks in Cairo to discuss efforts to isolate radical militias in control of large parts of the North African country, a leaked document suggests. According to the leaked...Caption:
TOPSHOTS A Syrian man looks at the rubble of a five story apartment building that was destroyed in a barrel bomb attack in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo on August 27, 2014. Syrian war planes carried out a series of air raids on positions held by the Islamic State jihadist group […]
Opinion: A Middle East without Intellectuals
During my most recent visit to Turkey, Pope Francis described the actions being taken by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as a “profoundly grave sin against God.” He said he could not resign himself to a “Middle East without Christians,” who had been free to...Caption:
Participants attend the start of the 166th OPEC Conference meet in Vienna, Austria, on November 27, 2014. (EPA/Herbert Pfarrhofer)
Stability of oil market not just OPEC’s responsibility: Riyadh
Al-Khobar, Asharq Al-Awsat—The stability of the global oil market is not the responsibility of OPEC alone, the Saudi government has said, following the organization’s decision last week to keep its collective output at current levels, as oil prices continue to fall to...Caption:
A couple passes coin-operated newspaper vending machines in the metro in Moscow. (John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images)