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Turkey’s Government,Opposition Camps to Rally as One after Coup

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 24, 2016 | World

Both Supporters of Turkey’s governing and main opposition parties, typically bitter foes, were set to rally together on Sunday in support of democracy following a failed military coup as President Tayyip Erdogan restores order to the country. In another...

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Mukhtar Al-Habbas, the general manager of Tripoli Central Hospital, shows a document during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli, Libya, July 18, 2016. Picture taken July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Libyan Health Crisis Aggravates, Resources Disappear

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 24, 2016 | World

Left powerless and unable to get specialist care for his six-year-old daughter in Libya or a visa for treatment abroad, Abdulhakim Shaybi bought a motor boat and set off with her last month across the Mediterranean. Two-and-a-half hours into their journey from...

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This file photo taken on January 20, 2016 shows Amir Hekmati, a Marine held in Iran, speaking to the media after he arrived in Flint, Michigan. A former US Marine who was accused by Iran of spying and held for 4.5 years is suing Tehran over the “prolonged and continuous physical abuse” he endured while detained. According to a lawsuit filed in Washington on May 9, 2016, Hekmati, a US-Iranian dual national from Michigan, was subjected to a slew of physical and psychological abuse while jailed in the notorious Evin Prison. Hekmati was freed in a prisoner swap in January in which he and three other Iranian-American dual nationals, plus another American, were traded after Washington granted clemency to seven Iranians and withdrew arrest warrants for 14 others. / AFP

Iran’s Detention Spree against Dual Nationals Continues

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 24, 2016 | Middle East, World

The latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in Iran over the last year, Tehran confirmed on Sunday the incarceration of an Iranian-American visiting the country. Asked about reports of the arrest on national security charges, Iran’s Judiciary spokesman...

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British Treasury Secretary Philip Hammond

Hammond: ‘Britain May Reset Fiscal Policy after Brexit’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 24, 2016 | World

London-Coming months will be critical for British economy after situation returns normal and markets become stable. This is what veteran politician and former Treasury Secretary Kenneth Clarke has foretold as he said: “the real economy is what matters and not the...

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Opinion: About Erdogan and Turkey’s Coup Attempt

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 24, 2016 | Opinion

Let me start by saying that even those who dislike Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and are not fans of his style of government, like me, did not support the coup attempt against a democratically elected government. Erdogan, in fact, has never enjoyed a ‘carte blanche’...