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Muhammad bin Salman

Interview with Muhammad bin Salman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 7, 2016 | Interviews

  Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince and the country’s defence minister, spoke to The Economist on January 4th. As part of a five-hour conversation, he gave his first on-the-record interview, which we have transcribed below.   The Economist:...

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Government Bodies in Iran Convert Church to a Hussainia

Government Bodies in Iran Convert Church to Hussainia

by Adil Alsalmi | Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Government bodies in the Iranian capital Tehran seized a Church of the Assyrian minority in the country, under the pretext of building a Shiite shrine. The representative of the Assyrian community in Parliament, Jonathan Bet-Kelia, described the incident as a «rape of...

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Opinion: Airports: Allocations and Dilemmas

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 7, 2016 | Opinion

He who travels a lot, suffers a lot. Millions of passengers who pass through Middle Eastern airports share the same feeling, including myself. However, we have recently noticed some developments in the airline industry and travel services. Although airline companies...

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Obama Expected to Name New Commander for Mideast

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is expected to put a special operations officer in charge of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters that oversees U.S. military operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria as well as the war in Afghanistan, a senior defense official...

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conflict flares between security forces and rebels in southeast Turkey

Ocalan’s Isolation an ‘Invitation to War’ in Turkey: Pro-Kurdish MP

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ANKARA: Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan’s isolation in his island jail near Istanbul amounts to an “invitation to war,” a prominent pro-Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday, as conflict flares between security forces and rebels in southeast Turkey....