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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 28: Iran President Hassan Rouhani sits before addressing the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on September 28, 2015 in New York City. The ongoing war in Syria and the refugee crisis it has spawned are playing a backdrop to this years 70th annual General Assembly meeting of global leaders. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
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Opinion: Hubris puts Iran in danger

by Amir Taheri | Oct 3, 2015 | Opinion

Who was waiting in ambush for whom? For the past few days, the question has been the spice of conversations in political circles in Tehran. One version, marketed by President Hassan Rouhani’s entourage, is that last Monday the US President Barrack Obama and his...

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Fighters against Shi’ite rebels known as Houthis gather in the strait of Bab Al-Mandab, west of the southern port city of Aden, to take back the control of the strait on Friday, October 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Wael Qubady)

Yemen severs diplomatic ties with Iran: FM

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 3, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Yemeni government has decided to sever diplomatic ties with Iran over what its foreign ministry said was “a series of violations Tehran committed inside Yemeni territory.” Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin told Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Smoke rises after what activists said were Russian airstrikes in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria, on October 2, 2015. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

Obama warns Putin of “quagmire” in Syria as rebels threaten to target Russian bases

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 3, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Moscow and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—US President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a “quagmire,” after a third straight day of air raids in support of President...