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Police rush to one of the scenes of attack in the 10th arrondissement in the capital Paris (AFP)


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques at the closing session of the Arab-South American Summit in Riyadh


Opinion: From Saudi Arabia to Brazil

Opinion: From Saudi Arabia to Brazil

If Arab countries searched for growing international powers that agree with them on main issues, then they will not find better powers to agree with them than the Latin American states at the Arab-Latin American Summit which ended on Wednesday. These issues include...
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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on his arrival at Antalya Airport as the head of the Saudi delegation to the G-20 Summit (Photo: Bandar al-Jaloud)


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Iran’s Trojan Army Makes A Splash In Iraq

Iran’s Trojan Army Makes A Splash In Iraq

An army created by “others” cannot be reformed; it must be abolished and replaced by a new one loyal to the revolution. For almost four decades, that has been one of the key themes of the regional strategy pursued by the Khomeinist regime in Tehran. The original...
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An Iranian clergyman speaks to a woman at his stall in Tehran’s 26th International Book Fair, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)


Opinion: Iran, Where Poetry is a National Crime

Opinion: Iran, Where Poetry is a National Crime

Does a seminar on reforming the meter and rhyme schemes of Persian poetry violate “Islamic values” and threaten the foundations of the Islamic Republic in Iran? That is the view of the Islamic Court in Tehran which last month sentenced two poets to 9 and 11 years in...