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Opinion: The King Who Shook the Hands of All Egyptians

by Tariq Alhomayed | Apr 12, 2016 | Opinion

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s visit to Egypt resulted in 17 economic agreements being signed. These included agreements on the demarcation of borders and building a historical bridge linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. However,...

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Opinion: Egypt is Strategically Important to the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 12, 2016 | Opinion

Egypt has undergone many changes; it used to be a monarchy in the eras of Kings Fouad and Farouk, turned into a revolutionary republic, then a communist one, was later ruled by Sadat, Mubarak and then the Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi. Despite the changes in...

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Asharq Al-Awsat’s office in Beirut

Asharq Al-Awsat Offices’ Ransackers Released

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Court of Appeal in Beirut ratified the ruling issued by Criminal Judge, Wael Sadeq, to release seven detainees for attacking Asharq Al-Awsat offices in Beirut, preventing journalists from exercising their work. The attackers are Bilal Allaw, Hussein Ali...

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO, Russia Council to meet on April 20 in Brussels

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 12, 2016 | World

NATO envoys will hold their first formal talks in nearly two years with Russia on April 20 to discuss the Ukraine crisis and other security issues, the US-led military alliance said Tuesday. NATO has Afghanistan on the agenda as well. “It is not a return to...

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Tehran Warns Moscow on Change Of Course in Syria

by Amir Taheri | Apr 12, 2016 | Middle East

As the United Nations prepares to host another round of “peace talks” in Syria, signs are emerging of a split between Tehran and Moscow regarding the future of the war-torn nation. One sign of the split came on Sunday when Ali-Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to the...