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Despite Challenges, Major Leap in Saudi Logistics

by Fahd Baqmi | Jun 25, 2016 | Business

Jeddah- Specialized analysts forecast that Saudi logistics will experience a prodigious leap in the upcoming period – the jump is concurrent to the anticipated industrial 20 percent growth in the next five years. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, analysts...

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. REUTERS/ Stephane de Sakutin

France Urges Quick Negotiations on Britain’s Exit, Germany Cautious

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 25, 2016 | World

France’s foreign minister called on Saturday for the European Union to move ahead quickly to seal the terms of a British exit from the bloc, arguing that the other 27 members needed to give the EU new purpose or else risk populism taking hold, as his German...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a giant screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Leader Day in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher – RTX278R4

Nasrallah Admits 26 Hezbollah Militants Killed, Others Missing in Aleppo Battles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The Secretary General of so-called Lebanese Hezbollah party, Hassan Nasrallah, admitted on Friday that 26 of his militants were killed in Syria, while one was missing and another captured. In a televised speech delivered during a ceremony to mark the...

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Iraqi security forces gather near Fallujah, Iraq, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Anbar Council: PMF Militants Stage Bigoted Crimes in Fallujah

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Jun 25, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah-The Anbar Salvation Council recently reported a series of violations and sectarian-fueled assaults, such as the deliberate arson of mosques and civilian homes and the break-in into Fallujah citizens’ homes. Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) militias were...

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U.S. President Barack Obama. Reuters

U.S. Vows to Bring American Hostages Home – Obama

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 25, 2016 | World

American journalist Austin Bennett Tice went to Syria as a freelancer to cover the ongoing conflict, he made his way to south of Damascus in August 2012 to file his final pieces, according to Tice’s family. The 31-year old journalist planned to leave to Lebanon...