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Gulf investors follow the stock market shares on a monitor screen at the Dubai Financial Market, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on July 1, 2015. (EPA/ALI HAIDER)

Opinion: Living with Cheaper Oil—Priorities for the GCC

by Masood Ahmed | Jul 16, 2015 | Opinion

When we look at the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—we need to recognize one game changer that has taken place over the past year: lower oil prices. Thanks to the prudent...

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President Barack Obama answers questions about the Iran nuclear deal during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on July 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama defends Iran deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Paris and Cairo, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat—President Barack Obama launched an aggressive and detailed defense of a landmark Iranian nuclear accord, rejecting the idea that it leaves Tehran on the brink of a bomb and arguing the only alternative to the diplomatic...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrives for the final plenary meeting at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, on July 14, 2015. (Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP)

Analysis: After Iran Nuclear Deal—Best and Worst Case Scenarios

by Amir Taheri | Jul 16, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—It will take several months before the deal declared by Iran and the P5+1 group is out of danger zone and ready for implementation. But assuming the deal does not fall apart, as was the case with the Lausanne accords, what impact could it have...

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Southern Popular Resistance fighters flash the victory sign at the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on July 15, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Exiled Yemeni government gradually returning to Aden: minister

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Jul 16, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah, Riyadh and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s government-in-exile said it has started returning to Aden after loyalists captured most of the southern city from Houthi rebels earlier this week. The government will “gradually” relocate to Aden from its current base...