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Opinion: Talk of a Saudi-Iranian Settlement

by Ali Ibrahim | Feb 3, 2016 | Opinion

The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon was not the first to call for a settlement between Saudi Arabia and Iran to resolve their differences in order to provide stability in the Middle East and to extinguish the fires of conflict. These calls emerged...

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Lebanese Ministers against Bassil’s Stance

Lebanese Ministers against Bassil’s Stance

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Beirut- Last month, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, the president of the Free Patriotic Movement, abstained from voting on the final statement of an Arab foreign ministers’ meeting which classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The meeting came amid rising...

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WHO for Asharq Al-Awsat: No Vaccine for Zika Yet!

WHO for Asharq Al-Awsat: No Vaccine for Zika Yet!

by Raneem Hanoush and Nayef al-Rasheed | Feb 3, 2016 | World

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Asharq Al-Awsat that the surge in the number of microcephaly cases and the Zika virus may just be coincidental in terms of time and place. He cautioned, however, that experts are not ruling anything out. “One of the curiosities...

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Council of Economic and Development Affairs Assesses Performance over the Past Year

Council of Economic and Development Affairs Assesses Performance over the Past Year

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Feb 3, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs chaired a meeting of the Council at Al-Yamamah Palace on Monday evening. The meeting was devoted...

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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini greets US Secretary of State John Kerry before an anti-ISIS summit in Rome yesterday (AFP)

Kerry Brands ISIS “Apostates” Who Have Hijacked a Great Religion

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 3, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The international coalition against ISIS expressed concern about the group’s “growing influence” in Libya during a meeting in Rome yesterday. However, it did not announce any imminent military action in the country and focused on supporting the political process...