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HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Actor Chris Evans, Bub Asman, and Alan Robert Murray winners of the Best Sound Editing Award for ‘American Sniper’, and actress Sienna Miller pose in the press room during the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Opinion: Kissing Soldiers’ Boots in Damascus, Shining them in Hollywood

by Diana Moukalled | May 13, 2015 | Opinion

Let us compare the following two scenes. The first is a famous scene from the recent Hollywood movie, American Sniper, in which we are shown a point-of-view shot from the lead character, US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, played by Bradley Cooper. In the scene, Kyle—who with...

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The new UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Sana’’a International Airport, Yemen, on May 12, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

New UN envoy to Yemen arrives in Sana’a as truce begins

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | May 13, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The new UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Sana’a on Tuesday hours before a five-day ceasefire between the Houthi rebels and Arab coalition forces took effect. The Mauritanian diplomat, who is visiting Yemen for the first...

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Rebel fighters prepare mortars at the frontline where they announced the start of an offensive to take control of Ariha town from forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad, in Idlib province on May 12, 2015. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)

ISIS attacks army-held areas in central Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters launched an attack on Syrian army-held areas in Homs province overnight, a Syrian military source and an organisation tracking the war said, part of the group’s efforts to expand beyond its...

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US President Barack Obama arrives to speak at an event recognizing emerging global entrepreneurs at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2015. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Obama: We are prepared to use all elements of our power to secure our interests in the Middle East

by Mina Al-Oraibi | May 13, 2015 | Interviews

Washington, DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—When he receives leaders and officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at the White House on Wednesday and at Camp David on Thursday, US President Barack Obama will be keen to solidify his country’s historic alliance with the...

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Pakistani women mourn following an attack by gunmen on a bus carrying Shi’ite devotees outside a hospital in Karachi on May 13, 2015. (AFP Photo/Asif Hassan)

Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shi’ite minority in Pakistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2015 | World

Karachi, AP—Gunmen killed more than 40 people on Wednesday aboard a bus in southern Pakistan bound for a Shi’ite community center, in the latest attack targeting the religious minority. The attack in the port city of Karachi was the deadliest Pakistan has seen...