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A handout picture provided by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem (C-R) meeting with United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (C-L), during a brief visit in the Syrian capital Damascus on November 1, 2015. (AFP Photo/HO/ SANA)

UN envoy, Syrian FM discussed Vienna meeting outcomes in Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2015 | Middle East

London and Moscow, Asharq Al-Awsat—United Nations Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mouallem on Sunday in Damascus in order to discuss the outcomes of international talks in Vienna last week aiming to find a solution to the...

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Soldiers from the US Army’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment go on patrol near Command Outpost AJK (short for Azim-Jan-Kariz, a nearby village) in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

Opinion: The American “Presence” in Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 2, 2015 | Opinion

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and similar groups possess more than 30,000 fighters in Syria. The Iranians say they are managing 100,000 fighters of different nationalities, while the Russians have sent around 3,000 troops. Washington has finally decided...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (C) escorted by his bodyguards waves to his supporters after he casts his vote outside a polling station, in Istanbul, on November 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Erdoğan, eyeing greater powers, says Turks voted for stability

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 2, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, Reuters—A jubilant President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday cast the return of Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) to single-party rule as a vote for stability that the world must respect, but opponents fear it heralds growing...