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U.S. Court Fines Iran 10.5 Billion Dollars for Backing 9/11 Terrorist Attackers

by Adil Alsalmi | Mar 12, 2016 | World

London- A federal courthouse in New York has held Iran responsible for the September 9/11 attacks, and has passed a judge order demanding that Iran pays a $10.5 billion worth fine in compensation for the families of the victims who died during the 2001 attacks. The...

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Former US Defense Intelligence Director: The Obama Administration Lifted Sanctions Prematurely on Iran in Exchange for a Weak Deal

by Joseph Braude | Mar 12, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

David Shedd is one of the most influential American intelligence officers in the post-September 11 era. During the Bush Years, serving in the National Security Council and eventually as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy, Plans, and Requirements, he...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a commemoration service marking one week since the death of Ali Fayyad, one of Hezbollah’s senior commanders killed fighting alongside Syrian army forces in Syria, in Ansar village, southern Lebanon March 6, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Arab League Labels Hezbollah Terrorist Organization

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 12, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Arab League has formally labelled Iran ally Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Friday, Egyptian state media said, only a week after the Gulf Cooperation Council adopted the same stance. “The Arab League foreign minister’s committee has decided on...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Kerry: Syria Talks Should Go forward as Planned

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 12, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed on Saturday Washington view on the U.N.-sponsored peace talks, saying that they should go ahead on Monday as planned despite “perceived” truce violations by Syrian government forces, according to a U.S. pool...

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R), Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (3rd R), Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (4th R), and Saudi King Salman (5th R) watch the Northern Thunder exercises in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia’s border with Iraq, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/

“North Thunder Drill”… Alliances Varying

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 12, 2016 | Opinion

It was a grandiose spectacle which upcoming generations will long remember; tens of thousands of soldiers and army units of 20 different nations coming in together for the first collaborative work of its kind. The occurrence took place on a 900 Km squared vast zone in...