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Syrian Regime launches elections the Syrian street considers them a facade, A.F.P.

Syrian Regime Ready to Take On Negotiations with the Opposition

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

London- Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister and former Permanent Envoy to the United Nations Faisal Mekdad announced that the Syrian regime is prepared to enter rounds of direct negotiations with the Syrian Opposition. The anticipated talks are to be held in Geneva. Mekdad...

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Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) and anti-LEGIDA protestors (top R) during a demonstration in Leipzig, January 21, 2015.
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Islamophobia Jeopardizes Democracy in Europe, Report Says

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

Freedom House, a Washington-based human rights advocacy organization, which publishes a global freedom index every year, put out a report on the health of democracy in the post-Soviet world. In its report, the organization portrayed a bleak picture of the state of...

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomes Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Cairo, Egypt, in this handout photo received April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters

World Bank to Provide Egypt with First Tranche of $3 Billion Loan

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

The World Bank will deliver the first $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion loan to Egypt after parliament approves the government’s economic program, World Bank vice president Hafez Ghanem said at a news conference late Tuesday, assuring that the loan will not be...

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King Salman: “North Thunder” is a Message to Those Trying to Violate Our Security

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz held official talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the second day of his visit to Turkey yesterday. They discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and international issues. King...

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Floods across Riyadh, March 12, Asharq Al Awsat

Downpour Shuts Schools across Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- After lashing downpour flooded several areas of the country, the Saudi Education Department decided to suspend the education process on all levels and close down schools as of Wednesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and all other associated governorates. Mubarak...