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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry react during a joint news conference after their meeting in Moscow, May 7, 2013. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Asharq al-Awsat Reveals the Kerry-Lavrov Agreement on Syria

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Paris – A new agreement to break up the Syrian crisis solution into several phases was reached between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, during Kerry’s visit to Moscow earlier this month. Asharq al-Awsat newspaper received...

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Bahrain’s Isa Qassim. REUTERS

Bahrain: Issa Qassim did not Appear in First Court Session

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Manama-Bahrain’s Criminal Court postponed on Wednesday the trial of Isa Qassim and his assistants till August 14 after the defendants failed to appear in court on charges of illegal fund-raising and money laundering. Qassim’s lawyer said his client was incapable to...

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In Fighting Trump, Clinton can Find Her Vision

by Francis Wilkinson | Jul 28, 2016 | Opinion

Say what you will about Donald Trump’s sinister speech at the Republican National Convention, it achieved one of its primary goals: Trump now owns the mantle of “change” in this election. Trump confirmed his candidacy not only as a break from the...

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Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, in this December 28, 2004 file photo. Reuters

OIC Blacklists Gulen Organization

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh-The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has made an initial approval to a draft resolution proposed by Turkey to blacklist the organization of Fethullah Gulen, an informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. The source said that discussions on considering...

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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (AFP File Photo)

Saudi FM: Iranian Regime Involved in Attack on Saudi Embassy in Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh–Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir said that Iranian news over the investigations into the attacks on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and Consulate in Mashhad reveal that the Iranian authorities will not issue tough sentences on the culprits. Jubeir’s...