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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, speaking during an interview with the Iran’s Khabar TV, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (SANA via AP)

Opinion: No, Bashar Al-Assad is no Joseph Stalin

by Amir Taheri | Oct 16, 2015 | Opinion

As the Syrian tragedy continues to bleed that nation, a cliché is making the rounds in policymaking circles and think tanks across the globe: There could be no solution without Bashar al-Assad! We are bombarded with articles urging Western powers to take Assad for an...

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Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaking at the headquarters of Asharq Al-Awsat in London on Wednesday October 14, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)

Bahrain FM: Saudi-led coalition saved Yemen from civil war

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi-led military action against the Houthis has averted a civil war, one that would have changed the demographics of not only Yemen but the entire region, Bahrain’s foreign minister has told Asharq Al-Awsat. “Had it not been for the...

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Israeli soldiers fire at Palestinian demonstrators during clashes in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on October 5, 2015 after Israel’s army shot dead a 13-year-old Palestinian. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)

Opinion: Israel’s fascists are pushing Palestinians towards a third intifada

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 15, 2015 | Opinion

The Arab world is not a happy sight these days. Iraqis are not relaxed in a fragmented country dominated by Tehran and “cherished” by Washington. The Libyans are not so sure about their future in the midst of internal division and feverish grabbing of religious...

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A image grab taken from Palestinian TV shows Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech on October 14, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah during which he said he favors “peaceful, popular resistance” against Israeli occupation, amid a two-week wave of violence that has killed more than 30 people on both sides. (AFP PHOTO/PALESTINIAN TV)

Abbas says Israeli crackdown on Palestinians will ignite “religious conflict”

by Kifah Ziboun | Oct 15, 2015 | Middle East

Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Wednesday that Israel’s “aggressive offensive” against Palestinians and their holy sites could “ignite a religious conflict” in the entire world, insisting that no changes to the status quo...

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French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius (L) gives a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir in Riyadh on October 13, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)

Saudi Arabia says Assad has no role in Syria’s future

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—President Bashar Al-Assad has no future in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Tuesday, adding that his country’s position on the crisis in Syria was “unchanged.” Speaking at a joint news conference with...