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Opinion: Establishing a State that Suits Assad!

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 11, 2016 | Opinion

The latest declaration by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria, which held Bashar al-Assad’s regime responsible for obstructing the negotiations, does not rise to the level of crimes and serious incidents that have increased these days in Syria....

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Suspected Militants Kill Three at Mali Customs Post

Suspected Militants Kill Three at Mali Customs Post

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 11, 2016 | World

Suspected ISIS militants on Thursday killed two civilians and a customs officer and scorched a car in an attack on a customs post in Mopti in central Mali, a defense ministry spokesman said. The recent months have witnessed ISIS militants expanding range with a series...

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Saudi Stock Market Changes Working Hours

Saudi Stock Market Changes Working Hours

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Feb 11, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-Saudi banks are likely to change their working hours to openning 30 minutes earlier at 9:00 am and closing at 4:00 pm local time (GMT +3). The news comes after the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced plans to change trading hours to between 10 am and 3:00...

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IRGC Commander: We Control both Political and Military Arenas in Syria

IRGC Commander: We Control both Political and Military Arenas in Syria

by Adil Alsalmi | Feb 11, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

London- Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution IRGC’s second-in-command, considered that his country controls both field and political status quo in Syria. Salami, in a conference attended by three thousand Basij figureheads in...

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Stalls are seen on a street beside damaged buildings in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Russia says U.S. Planes Bombed Syria’s Aleppo on Wednesday, not Russian

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 11, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that the shelling of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday Feb. 10 was carried out by two U.S. aircraft and that Russian planes had not been operating in the area. A Pentagon spokesman had blamed Russian and Syria...