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Palestinian children wave the Palestinian, Japanese and UN flags at an event in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip yesterday (AFP)

Palestine’s Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia Allows Palestinians to Perform Umrah With Traditional Travel Documents

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Mar 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The Palestinian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Basem Al-Agha revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Saudi government is allowing Palestinian holders of non- machine-readable passports to perform the rituals of Hajj and Umrah (the major and minor pilgrimages) this year and...

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U.N. mediator for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks to media on the U.N. sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

U.N. Syria Envoy: No “Plan B” but War

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 14, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

A U.N. mediator resumed peace talks between the government and the opposition on Monday warning that there was no “Plan B” other than returning to war if the first of three rounds of talks which aim to agree a “clear roadmap” for Syria fail to...

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Opinion: Obama’s Bubble

by Tariq Alhomayed | Mar 14, 2016 | Opinion

The Atlantic magazine published a long story about the US President Barack Obama and his view of foreign policy under the title “The Obama Doctrine”. As a result, Arab newspapers said that Obama is attacking Saudi Arabia and hates Arabs. It is wrong to portray...

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A general view of oil tanks (brown, foreground) at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), some 70 km (43.5 miles) from Adana February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

World Bank Praises Kuwait’s Financial Reform Steps

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 14, 2016 | Business

Kuwait-The World Bank (WB) supports reform steps that have been taken by Kuwait and view them as utter significance for attaining development objectives, said the WB Office Director in Kuwait, Dr Feras Raad. In an interview with KUNA, Dr Feras Raad said that the...

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A general view of oil tanks (brown, foreground) at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), some 70 km (43.5 miles) from Adana February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Iraq Stops Pumping of Kirkuk Oil into Turkey Pipeline

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 14, 2016 | Business

Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company has halted pumping crude produced at fields it runs in the Kirkuk area through a pipeline to Turkey, three sources said on Monday. The pipeline carries crude to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, where the Kurds have been...