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Opinion: The Shock of the Russian Base in Iran

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 18, 2016 | Opinion

By granting the Russians their first military airbase in Iran, the Iranians have cut the distance that Russian bombers have to fly by approximately 1000 kilometres. However, the political meaning of the development in relations between the two countries is more...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif (L) as they meet at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, August 12, 2016 © REUTERS/ Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace

Ankara Aims at Promoting Relations with Tehran

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey is heading towards boosting relations with Iran, as tensions started to diminish between the two countries over Turkey’s support to the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. On Tuesday, Ankara sent a delegation headed by Rifat...

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A tricycle and residents are pulled on a farm tractor trailer along a flooded highway in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija, in northern Philippines, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Manila Hails Saudi Measures for Filipino Workers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-Minister of Labor and Social Development Dr. Mufrej Al-Haqbani highlighted orders issued by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on resolving the crisis of unpaid salaries for foreign laborers, providing basic needs for them such as food...

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U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Focus Turns to Business as Turkey Raids Companies Linked to Gulen

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2016 | Middle East

Turkish police issued 187 arrest warrants against businessmen and ordered their assets seized as authorities raided some 200 homes and workplaces on Thursday, a sign that the investigation into last month’s failed military coup shifted towards the business...

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Tripoli, Libya, October 2002. Paolo Pellegrin/ Magnum, for The New York Times

Foreign Conflicts Flare up in Benghazi, Misurata

by Scott Anderson | Aug 18, 2016 | Features

The New York Time Magazine has issued an epic report that tells the story of the catastrophe that has fractured the Arab world since the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago, leading to the rise of ISIS and the global refugee crisis. The geography of this catastrophe is...