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President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts […]

Opinion: A Might-Have-Been Interview with Obama

by Amir Taheri | Aug 21, 2015 | Opinion

US President Barack Obama is deploying his immense persuasive powers to lobby in favor of the deal he says he has made with Iran regarding its nuclear project. As part of that lobbying, he has granted numerous interviews, always to reporters he has already charmed,...

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Egyptian riot policemen stand in front of the damaged national security building in northern Cairo’s district of Shubra Al-Kheima on August 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

ISIS affiliate says responsible for bombing near Cairo security building

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 21, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate has claimed responsibility for a car bombing near a state security building in Cairo on Thursday. At least 29 people, including 8 policemen, were injured after a car bomb went off outside the...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with former Iraqi prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki in Tehran, Iran, in this October 18, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/HO/Official Website of Iran’s Supreme Leader)

Former PM Maliki returns to Iraq after Iran visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, London and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s former prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki has returned to the country after a visit to Iran, his media spokesman confirmed. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abbas Al-Mussawi said Maliki landed in Baghdad on...

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Smoke billows in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on August 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemen: Hadi loyalists prepare to attack Sana’a as Saudi warplanes pound Houthi positions

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 20, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi-led coalition jets carried out dozens of airstrikes on Houthi rebels’ positions in Sana’a on Wednesday as government loyalists prepared a major ground offensive to retake the Yemeni capital, officials and eyewitnesses said. Airstrikes hit...

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Tourists count their money after changing foreign currency to Turkish lira at a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 19, 2015. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

As Turkish lira crumbles, Nov. 1 election date is floated

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakır, Reuters—Turkey’s election commission has proposed that any snap parliamentary election should be held on November 1, officials of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Thursday, reinforcing the sense that a...