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President Barack Obama (L) greets Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Naif (C), and Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R), as they arrive at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Opinion: Is the Gulf’s Relationship with Washington a Mistake?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 1, 2015 | Opinion

The US administration’s deal with Iran on its nuclear program, which ends sanctions and paves the way for rapprochement with Tehran, was viewed by some as a rather low move by Washington against its longtime allies in the Gulf, who were loyal for over five decades. As...

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Southern Popular Resistance fighters gather in the Al-Alam entrance of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, after taking control of the area from Houthi fighters, on July 31, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Yemen: Plan in place to retake Sana’a from Houthis within 15 days, says senior pro-Hadi commander

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2015 | Middle East

Jeddah and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will launch an assault on the Houthi-controlled capital Sana’a within 15 days, according to a senior Yemeni military commander. Speaking to Asharq...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at a joint media briefing with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 31, 2015. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)

Early poll prospects grow as Turkish airstrikes muddy coalition talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 1, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey looks increasingly likely to face an early election as its airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Syria stir nationalist sentiment and coalition talks make little...