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Opinion: Sami Gemayel – A Lebanese Political Phenomenon

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 19, 2016 | Opinion

The Gemayel family, which produced several prominent Lebanese politicians, never really enjoyed nationwide support. The reason being that Sheikh Pierre Gemayel, the family’s ‘patriarch’ founded a political party with candid sectarian overtones in 1936. Indeed,...

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Deputy Crown Prince during the 4th Saudi Tweeps Forum

UAE Foreign Minister Calls for Closing Fake Accounts on Twitter that Promote ISIS

by abdollah al-haida | Apr 19, 2016 | Media

Riyadh-Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz attended the 4th Saudi Tweeps Forum, which was organized by the Foundation of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (MISK Foundation). The event was also attended by a great number...

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File photo of Luis Barcenas, former treasurer of Spain’s ruling People’s Party (PP), leaving Spain’s High Court in central Madrid, Spain

Scandal Engulfs Spain’s Biggest Party as Rajoy’s Power Dwindles

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 19, 2016 | World

Spain, April 19- In a Saturday editorial devoted to Rajoy’s problems with corruption, El Pais, Spain’s leading daily, said that they can’t take it anymore, adding that “The PP needs to renew itself thoroughly, to reinvent itself, without Rajoy.”...

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International Efforts to Save Geneva Talks After Opposition Stops Participating

by Michel Abu Najm | Apr 19, 2016 | Middle East

The Syrian opposition’s decision to stop participating in the talks that are currently being held in Geneva pushed several international parties to intervene in order to save the fragile peace truce. Asharq Al-Awsat learned that the Americans requested that...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

Deputy Crown Prince to Rectify New Water Tariff

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Apr 19, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-The Second Deputy Prime Minister the Minister of Defense, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, revealed that Saudi Arabia will limit the impact of subsidy cuts on its citizens within the Kingdom’s plan for the post-oil era. The government is developing a...