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Suleiman Franjieh

After External Support, Franjieh Obtains the Patriarchate’s Blessing

by Caroline Akoum | Dec 5, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Consultations between political forces have intensified in Lebanon, especially between Christian parties, to push for the nomination of MP Suleiman Franjieh as president of Lebanon. The flurry of activity comes after the Marada Movement leader appeared to have both...

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Opinion: Finally- Ground Troops Fighting Daesh

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 5, 2015 | Opinion

After years of hesitation, US President Barack Obama’s administration has acknowledged that there is no way to defeat terrorist organisations that are wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria except by sending in ground troops, instead of being content with air strikes which...

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Weapons found at the home of Syed Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik after their deaths (AFP). The smaller photograph is of Syed Farook (New York Times)

Saudi Arabian Source to Asharq Al-Awsat: Perpetrators of the California Massacre did not Meet in Saudi Arabia

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Dec 5, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

An informed Saudi Arabian source confirmed that the perpetrators of the recent mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, did not meet in Saudi Arabia, adding that Saudi Arabia “receives hundreds of pilgrims who are American citizens yearly, and they return to the...