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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Dialogue with Iran by Way of RPG

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 17, 2015 | Opinion

Before the ink had even dried on comments made by Iranian officials regarding the recent Gulf–Iranian dialogue, Kuwaiti authorities made the announcement that they had intercepted a Hezbollah-linked terrorist cell that had transported weapons into the country via...

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Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike in Sana’a, Yemen, on July 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemeni army, intelligence receiving training from Western experts for Sana’a operation: sources

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 17, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Al-Hudaydah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Western military experts have been involved in training Yemeni military commanders and intelligence operatives loyal to the country’s internationally recognized government, in preparation for an imminent operation to liberate...

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A file picture taken on February 5, 2011 shows outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki listening to a question during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq: Report on fall of Mosul to ISIS calls for ex-PM Maliki to face trial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraq’s parliament on Monday referred to the judiciary a report calling for the trial of former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials in connection with the fall of Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...