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The first candidate on their main list is the former presidential candidate Mohammad-Reza Aref.- AP

Reformists Seek Change as Election Day Arrives in Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Millions of Iranians crowds rushed on Friday to cast their ballots in two high-stake elections after a week of ferocious campaigning between conservatives desperate to maintain their influence over the country’s political landscape and their reformist rivals seeking a...

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Ali Ahmad Al Dailami: Hezbollah Militants Sneak into Yemen

Ali Ahmad Al Dailami: Hezbollah Militants Sneak into Yemen

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Feb 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Riyadh, Sanaa-The public presence of the Lebanese Hezbollah militants and their military role taking the Houthi rebels’ part have raised questions on the methods they used to reach Yemen. The Yemeni Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Ahmad Al Dailami, commented on this matter...

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The scene after a raid targeting rebels in Daraya, south-west of Damascus, on 24 February. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex

Airstrikes Intensified Hours before Deal to Halt Fighting in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Syria faces a crucial day on Friday as combatants in the country’s 5-year-old civil war are asked to meet a deadline to sign up to a “cessation of hostilities” agreement due to take effect at midnight Damascus time, 10pm GMT. Heavy air strikes were...

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Opinion: Obama’s Problem with the Middle East Tango!

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Feb 26, 2016 | Opinion

Last week I enjoyed reading an article by the American writer Thomas Friedman entitled ‘The Many Mideast Solutions’ about what Middle East the next US president should expect to see. Before that, a friend of mine who is a senior researcher in International Affairs at...

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Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: “We Either Be a State or Not”

Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: “We Either Be a State or Not”

by Thaer Abbas | Feb 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Beirut-The Executive Chairman of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea, summoned the so-called “sovereign party” in the Lebanese government to meet and put a strategy to face Hezbollah, which has dropped self-distancing to attack Gulf States militarily, politically, and...