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Challenging the Iranian elections

Iran: Disputed Elections – the Media Faces a Challenge

by Amir Taheri | Feb 8, 2016 | Media

In just three weeks’ time Iranians will be invited to go to the polls to elect the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) and the Assembly of Experts, two organs designed to give the Islamic Republic a democratic façade. The media have always faced the problem of how...

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Trump Promises Terrorists Measures beyond Waterboarding

Trump Promises Terrorists Measures beyond Waterboarding

by Heba El Koudsy | Feb 8, 2016 | World

Washington- With just days before the second primary contest of the 2016 election, the Republican presidential candidates faced a skirmish of national security and veterans’ questions in the eighth national debate on Saturday. All of the hopefuls took shots at...

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A Syrian who escaped bombing in Aleppo and its surroundings stands in front of the “Door of Safety” border gate waiting for the Turkish authorities to allow him to cross (Getty)

Erdogan Makes Washington Choose Between Ankara and the Kurds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

While Turkey sent aid trucks and ambulances to tens of thousands of people fleeing to the Turkish border to escape the regime’s raids and Russian bombing in Aleppo, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Syrian regime’s control over some parts...

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Makari: Iran’s Regional Negative Role, A Result of U.S. Backing Down

Makari: Iran’s Regional Negative Role, A Result of U.S. Backing Down

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 8, 2016 | Interviews

Beirut- Lebanese politician and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Farid Makari predicted an endless presidential void in Lebanon. He said that Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported Lebanese force, has its efforts directed towards constitutional amendment and not the current...

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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Scud Missile from Yemen

Saudi Arabia Intercepts Scud Missile from Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 8, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said Saudi Air Defenses intercepted on Monday (Feb. 8) a Scud missile fired toward Khamis Mushait city where a main airbase is located. Saudi Forces intercepted the missile at dawn Monday as it headed toward the...