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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic (not pictured) at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Chirikov/Pool

Opinion: The Risks of Having Giant Friends

by Amir Taheri | Oct 31, 2015 | Opinion

Right now no one could know where the Russian intervention in Syria might end. Entering a war is often easy and getting out always difficult. However, if history provides any indication, the kind of intervention we now witness in Syria has seldom achieved its stated...

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Canada’s Prime Minister designate Justin Trudeau (R) arrives as he is greeted by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at Queen’s Park in Toronto, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Opinion: The Americas Moving Left

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 30, 2015 | Opinion

Argentinian voters went the other day to polls to elect a new president who will take over from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Opinion polls have been showing Daniel Scioli the Peronist Left candidate comfortably leading his main conservative opponent...

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A school girl walks past damaged buildings in the rebel-controlled area of Ma’aret Al-Numan town in Idlib province, Syria, on October 28, 2015. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

Syria opposition, rebel dismiss Iran idea for transition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Any peace plan for Syria allowing President Bashar Al-Assad to stand in early elections after a transition period would be “mad” because he is the root of the problem and holding a nationwide poll is impossible, a Syrian opposition figure...

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British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond (L) and his Saudi counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir hold a press conference in Riyadh on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: The Media Campaign against Saudi Arabia

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 29, 2015 | Opinion

The past weeks have seen frenzied competition among the British press to see who can take better aim at Saudi Arabia. The anti-Saudi media campaign has, by turns, concentrated on the notion that the Kingdom supports terrorism, and called for amnesty for a young Saudi...

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Yemenis unload food parcels provided by the Red Crescent on October 28, 2015, in the southern port city of Aden. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Anti-Houthi coalition denies targeting hospital in north Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Taiz, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab coalition warplanes targeted a farm housing Houthi rebels in northern Yemen on Monday rather than a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders, the spokesman told Asharq Al-Awsat. Speaking via telephone, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Asiri said...