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Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attends news conference in Helsinki, Finland in this April 6, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva

Turkey Shells ISIS Targets in Syria, Arrests Russian Agents

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 13, 2016 | Middle East

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the Turkish military struck targets from the ISIS terrorist organization in Syria on Wednesday in retaliation after four rockets that hit the southeastern Turkish border town of Kilis for the third straight day on Wednesday....

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Opinion: An Iranian Canal From the Caspian Sea to the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 13, 2016 | Opinion

The news that a bridge will be built over the Red Sea connecting Saudi Arabia to Egypt and therefore the two continents of Asia and Africa has attracted the attention of many people because it is a historic step with political and economic implications. In the same...

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Pump jacks are seen in the Midway Sunset oilfield, California, in this April 29, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Oil Prices Fall on U.S. Stock Build, Fears over Freeze Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 13, 2016 | Business

Oil prices have slipped further on Wednesday after a much bigger than expected rise in weekly U.S. crude inventories, and on concerns that a producer meeting scheduled for Sunday in Doha to discuss freezing output will do little to trim glut. Brent crude was down 62...

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Part of the press conference that was held in Dubai on Tuesday to announce the results of the Arab Youth’s Survey

Arab Youth View Saudi Arabia as Major Ally to Their Countries

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Apr 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Dubai-For the fifth consecutive year, Arab youth consider Saudi Arabia as their country’s major ally, highlighting their continued trust in the Kingdom as regional tensions peak, according to the findings of the 8th Annual ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey,...

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Four corpses belonging to Special Forces, who died in Aleppo’s recent battles, funeral service held in Tehran, Tasnim

Sources: Iran’s Recent Backup to Syria Helped Assad’s Elections Today

by Adil Alsalmi | Apr 13, 2016 | Middle East

London- Two weeks after the announcement on dispatching ground forces missioned for an advisory role in Syria, media in Iran circulated the reported death of a number of the sent troops, who have been killed in battles taking place in Aleppo. Iranian general and...