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Syrian girls carry bags of bread as people queue up outisde a bakery in a rebel held neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday (AFP photo)

Aleppo Prepares for Long Lasting Siege…Local Council Stockpiles a Month Worth of Food

by Youssef Diab | Jul 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Aleppo’s local council currently in preparation for long term besiegement underway as the Bashar al-Assad led regime seeks to shrink opposition-controlled foothold. The council is taking effective measures to mitigate the dangers entailed by the forecast...

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Kuwait: Appeal Court Refuses to Set Free “Fintas” Group

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 14, 2016 | Middle East

Kuwait – Appeal court jailed alleged “Fintas Group” members: former head of State Security Department Sheikh Athbi al-Fahd al-Sabah including other convicts. On May 30, the convicts were sentenced to five years imprisonment, a first degree sentence. Among the...

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Bruce Riedel

Bruce Riedel: U.S. Iraq Invasion Paved Way to Regional Divide, Syria, Libya to Disappear

by Huda Al Husseini | Jul 14, 2016 | Interviews

London- 30 years after serving at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , senior former national intelligence officer for the Mid-East and a member of President Obama’s transition team Bruce Riedel has come to be a renowned counter-terrorism expert. Serving...

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Tunisian President. (Reuters)

Tunisian President: Parliament will decide the fate of the Prime Minister

by Al-munji al-Saaidani | Jul 14, 2016 | World

Tunis – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said that the Prime Minister Habib Essid chose to face the parliament to decide whether he’ll remain a prime minister or not. Essebsi said he has the utmost respect for Essid indicating there is no problem between both...

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Theresa May – Margaret Thatcher Face-off

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2016 | World

London – “I know I’m not a showy politician,” newly appointed British Prime Minister Theresa May said, “I don’t tour the television studios. I don’t gossip about people over lunch. I don’t go drinking in parliament’s...