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Al-Mutlaq: The Released Americans Were Kidnapped by Those Who Kidnapped the Qataris

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

While Iraqi and US sources yesterday confirmed the release of three Americans who were kidnapped in Iraq in January, the deputy of the Iraqi parliament’s security and defence committee Hamid Al-Mutlaq told Asharq Al-Awsat that “known and armed militias that are...

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Moscow, Iranian Minister of Defense to Discuss an 8 Billion Dollar Arms Deal

Moscow, Iranian Minister of Defense to Discuss an 8 Billion Dollar Arms Deal

by Sami Amara | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

In the prospect of intensifying military cooperation between Russia and Iran, Hossein Dehghan, Iranian Minister of Defense arrived to Moscow and instigated deliberations with his peer Sergey Shoygu. Dehghan is also expected to later meet Russian President Vladimir...

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HRH King Salman Patronizes International Conference on Saud Al-Faisal

HRH King Salman Patronizes International Conference on Saud Al-Faisal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Riyadh- An international conference on former Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal is to be held under the patronage of HRH the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. The three-day event is organized by King Faisal Center for Research...

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People transporting medical equipment found under the rubble of a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) that was bombed in Maarrat Al-Nu’man, northwest Syria (Reuters)

Saudi – Turkish Maneuvers and Russia Forestalls With a Plan to Attack Raqqah

by Thair Abbas | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Asharq Al-Awsat learned from informed Turkish sources yesterday that Russia has sent a letter to western countries in an attempt to forestall any Saudi – Turkish ground intervention in Syria to fight ISIS by offering to shift the regime’s operations to the...

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Cancer cure? T-cell therapy targets disease

Promising Cancer Cure Discovered

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 17, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- A study, presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Washington DC, has proven for the first time that engineered “memory T-cells” can persist in the body for 14-plus years. The early findings have not...