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Opinion: Aleppo and the International Farce

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 3, 2016 | Opinion

What is happening in Syria is a real international farce, especially the crimes being committed in Aleppo and in the surrounding areas. The United Nations, America and the west are witnesses to this farce. While Assad’s regime continues to besiege Aleppo with the...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with officers of the special police forces at their headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on Friday July 29, 2016. Kayhan Ozer, AP

Turkish Police Raid Science Council, Detain Many in Post-Coup Purge

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

Turkish police raided on Wednesday the offices of the national science research council, broadcaster NTV said, as authorities expand investigation into followers of the U.S.-based cleric suspected of engineering last month’s coup attempt. NTV reported many...

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Obama Seeks Cooperation with Russia in Syria despite Differences

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

Washington and Moscow – U.S. President Barack Obama declared that U.S. still seeks cooperation with Russia to reach diplomatic solutions for struggles in Syria and Ukraine. At the same time, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said that his country started...

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Turkish FM Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad. Reuters

Turkey Sends Second Document to Washington to Extradite Gulen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkey has sent a second document to the United States demanding the urgent arrest of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who was blamed for the failed coup attempt of July 15. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday: “We answered their questions...

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Emirates Airlines aircrafts are seen at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates May 10, 2016.
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Emirates Airline Flight in ‘Accident on Landing’ in Dubai

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

An Emirates airline flight coming from India crash-landed at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, the Dubai government media office said on its official Twitter account, adding that all passengers were evacuated safely. The flight originated form...