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This undated file photo shows the Riyadh skyline. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Moody’s holds Saudi Arabia’s credit rating, says fiscal position still strong

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Nov 4, 2015 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s fiscal position remains strong, according to global credit ratings agency Moody’s, which on Monday said it would not change the Kingdom’s credit rating. Moody’s said Saudi Arabia’s existing assets would be able to provide a...

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Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers march during an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2013. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)

Mutiny within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard after it incurs heavy losses in Syria: source

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2015 | Middle East

Tehran and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A rising death toll within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria is leading to a mutiny among some senior commanders, who have refused to obey orders to fight in the war-torn country, according to a source close to the...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, listens to a lawmaker as newly elected legislators take their oaths during the Turkish parliament’s first session in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) came out first in the June 7 elections but lost its parliamentary majority. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey targets supporters of Erdoğan foe in police raids

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2015 | Middle East

Istanbul, Reuters/AP—Turkish police detained dozens of people including senior police officers and bureaucrats allegedly linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan foe Fethullah Gülen on Tuesday, widening a campaign against the exiled Muslim cleric after Sunday’s...

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Responders pick through the wreckage of a cargo plane which crashed in the capital Juba, South Sudan, on November 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Jason Patinkin)

Russian-built plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2015 | World

Juba, Reuters—A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, witnesses said. An official said three people on board survived. The precise death toll...