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Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan (C), accompanied by his wife Emine Erdoğan (3rd R), prays during the opening ceremony of Kibledagi mosque in Rize, Turkey, on August 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Turkey nationalists reject minority government in blow to Erdoğan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2015 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkey’s nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look...

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epa04873212 US President Barack Obama delivers a speech on the nuclear deal with Iran, at American University’s School of International Service, in Washington DC, USA, 05 August 2015. Obama urged Americans to accept a controversial nuclear deal with Iran in spite of criticism from Republican lawmakers. The speech evoked late US President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 USSR speech at American University during the height of the Cold War. EPA/PETE MAROVICH / POOL

Opinion: When Obama Adopts the Mullahs’ Style

by Amir Taheri | Aug 14, 2015 | Opinion

Those who are sucked into big adversarial situations in history always run a number of risks. However, the biggest risk, I believe, is to have an evil adversary and end up looking, behaving and even thinking like them. If that happens to anyone, they could be sure...

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Saudi-backed forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled government forces walk past a burnt-out vehicle in Yemen’s southern Abyan province on August 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Yemen: Hadi approves plan to liberate Sana’a, says adviser

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Aug 14, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has approved a plan to liberate Sana’a from Houthi rebels, a presidential adviser said, despite earlier reports that the Iran-backed militants were considering pulling out of the capital....