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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in Brussels yesterday before she entered the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee’s session on the conflict in Syria (EPA)

Washington Announces That Syria is Threatened With Partition

by Caroline Akoum | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

In accordance with a warning often expressed by many about the partition of Syria, the US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate foreign relations committee yesterday that “it may be difficult to keep Syria whole if it takes much longer to end the fighting”. He...

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and HRH Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz

King Salman, Nigerian President Mohammed Bukhari Discuss Regional Developments

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia met at Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday with Nigerian President Mohammed Bukhari, who is currently visiting Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations...

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Excess gas is burnt off at a pipeline at Rumaila oilfield in Basra, southeast of Baghdad January 12, 2015.- Reuters

OPEC, Oil Producers Should Rebalance Crude Market, Iraq Says

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 24, 2016 | Business

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and producers (OPEC) and non-OPEC producers should act promptly to rebalance the global oil market, otherwise the damage may deepen and take a long time to be fixed, a senior Iraqi oil official said on...

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FBI Pleads With Apple to Unlock California Terrorist’s Phone

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2016 | World

After Apple was ordered to unlock Syed Farook’s iPhone 5C and it refused to do so, FBI Director James Comey resorted to pleading with the company. Farook and his wife killed 14 people during a Christmas party at the end of last year in San Bernardino, California. The...

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Opinion: “Who Goes There?”

by Ali Ibrahim | Feb 23, 2016 | Opinion

A few weeks ago, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi frankly spoke about the scale of problems and challenges that he faces on television. He said that his priority is to prevent the collapse of the state and remarked that “what was present in 2011 was the...