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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

by Amir Taheri | Feb 11, 2015 | Features

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

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion

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...

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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the armed Forces in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Egypt’s latest scandal is not exactly Watergate

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion

The latest so-called scandal of audio leaks from the Egyptian presidency is fit to be taught in media studies classes as a model of a failed campaign. It’s also proof that, regardless of how strong the media thinks it is, it cannot influence or change anything so long...

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The former head of Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency Hakan Fidan (C) standing in Ankara on December 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Turkey’s spy chief enters politics over Erdoğan’s protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2015 | World

Ankara, Bloomberg—Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s intelligence agency and a close confidante of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for more than a decade, has decided to enter politics in a move that Erdoğan said he opposed. Fidan’s resignation February 7...

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This file picture taken on December 15, 2014 shows Al-Arab news channel staff on duty at the editorial office in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Bahrain officially suspends new Al-Arab channel

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 10, 2015 | Media

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain’s government suspended a new Saudi-owned news channel on Monday due to what authorities said was its failure to acquire the required licensing to broadcast in the island kingdom. The Al-Arab channel “had also failed to match the...