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Rubble and heavy damage remain on a deserted street during a government escorted visit to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 9, 2015. (AP Photo)

PLO says against Syrian army drive to regain Yarmouk camp from militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2015 | Middle East

Damascus, Reuters—The PLO said on Thursday it refused to be drawn into supporting any military offensive in the war-battered Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus, backing away from earlier comments by one of its members that lent support to Syrian army action...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on April 9, 2015 in Panama City, Panama. (AFP Photo/ Handout/US State Department)

US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting in more than 50 years

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

Panama City, Reuters—The US and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago. Secretary of State John Kerry met Cuban Foreign...

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Member of the Shi’ite Houthi militia stand guard on a wall surrounding the old city of Sana’a, Yemen, on 01 January 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Opinion: Why the Lebanese scenario won’t work in Yemen

by Amir Taheri | Apr 10, 2015 | Opinion

A Persian proverb warns that “not every recipe is fit for every banquet.” The idea is that a method that might work in one case need not necessarily work in every case. Applied to empire-building enterprises, the wisdom of this dictum is apparent in the case of Iran’s...

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FILE – In this July 25, 2014, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. On Friday, March. 27, 2015 Nasrallah , in a televised speech, slammed Saudi Arabia over its military campaign in Yemen saying it is […]

Opinion: An apology from Lebanon is not enough

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 9, 2015 | Opinion

The issue is not Hassan Nasrallah appearing on TV and reiterating his insults and verbal attacks towards Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States—this is nothing new for the Hezbollah chief, particularly since the launch of Operation Decisive Storm two weeks ago. Rather, the...

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President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, on Septrmber 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Opinion: Contradictions in Obama’s Doctrine

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 9, 2015 | Opinion

I tried to ignore US President Barack Obama’s interview with the New York Times because I was sure it would be part of his propaganda campaign for the framework nuclear deal with Iran. Still, the interview’s impact cannot be ignored. Rather than calming the fears of...