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A handout photo released by the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA on August 13, 2015 shows Kuwaiti police standing next to seized weapons in the capital Kuwait City. (AFP Photo/HO/KUNA)
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Lebanese anti-government protesters, center, crossed the first barrier of the barbed wires that block the road to the government building, as they throw stones and bottles against the on-going trash crisis and alleged government corruption, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. Some thousands of people staged the largest of the demonstrations that began last […]
Opinion: Lebanon’s Hot Tin Roof
Some claim the street protests organized by civil society activists in the Lebanese capital Beirut point to the collapse of Lebanon’s political elite. Well, this isn’t exactly true since the Lebanese political elite collapsed and went bankrupt a long time ago. Thus,...Caption:
From R-L, Nuri Al-Maliki, Midhat Al-Mahmoud, Osama Al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi are seen during a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Maliki, Nujaifi say PM’s decision to cancel vice president posts “unconstitutional”
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two of Iraq’s three outgoing vice presidents say Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s decision to cancel their posts is unconstitutional. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Osama Al-Nujaifi, one of the three vice president post-holders,...Caption:
In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 file photo, Italian energy giant Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi poses for a photo prior to the start of a conference, in Rome. The Italian energy company Eni says it has discovered a “supergiant” natural gas field off Egypt. A company statement on Sunday, August 30, 2015 is calling it the “largest-ever” found in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)