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F-16 fighter jets from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrive at an air base in Jordan, on February 8, 2015. (REUTERS/Petra News Agency)


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A woman walks past a destroyed bus in Donetsk after shelling hit the central bus station on February 11, 2015.
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Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks

Fighting in Ukraine continues ahead of peace talks

Donetsk, AP—Shelling rocked a bus station in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk Wednesday as fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. Rebel officials said that five people were killed and nine wounded at the scene of...
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Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a press briefing during the Seventh Annual Ambassadors Conference on January 9, 2015 in Ankara, Turkey, (AFP/Adem Altan)


Turkey FM: We are against Sisi, not Egypt

Turkey FM: We are against Sisi, not Egypt

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—It seems an age now since Turkey trumpeted its “zero problems” foreign policy, seeking more harmonious relations with its neighbors, especially the Arab states. But Turkey’s relations with its Arab neighbors have taken a sour turn recently,...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) as they walk in the city of Geneva, on January 14, 2015 (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron)


Iran is not China and Obama is not Nixon

Iran is not China and Obama is not Nixon

What do George Clooney, Jack Straw and Zbigniew Brzezinski have in common? The Hollywood star who sells coffee machines in TV ads, the former British foreign secretary, and the American ex-National Security adviser are among a growing number of Western elites who urge...
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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a news conference with Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (unseen) after their summit in Cairo, on November 8, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)


Opinion: Targeting Egypt–Saudi Ties

Opinion: Targeting Egypt–Saudi Ties

During his historic visit to Egypt in 1946, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz Al Saud was received with unprecedented warmth by the people, monarch, politicians and intellectuals of Egypt. King Abduaziz concluded that visit with a speech he...