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Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk

Machnouk Describes Resistance Brigades as Occupation Brigades

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – It is true that the so-called Hezbollah had transferred most of its leadership and military elite to the Syrian arena to protect Bashar Al-Asad and the Iranian plot for the area, yet in return it was preparing an alternate army named “Resistance Brigades”....

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Huawei MateBook Debuts in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2016 | Business, Technology

Huawei announced that its MateBook is now available for purchase in Saudi Arabia. The device can be found in the beginning at Jarir Bookstore and then at other retail outlets. The MateBook, which was launched at Mobile World Congress in February is Huawei’s first...

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This undated file photo shows Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iraq Thamer Al-Sabhan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iran Plots to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador to Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2016 | Middle East

London – It seems that Iran is plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq Thamer al-Sabhan using RPJ7 rockets on his armored car. Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Iraqi Shia militias have three plots to attack and that the militias...

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Russia’s Expansion in the Area

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 21, 2016 | Opinion

If it is a surprise that Russians take a military base in Iran, then the fact that Iran would grant them footholds on their territories is even more surprising. Russia and Iran had been military cooperating for a long time. Russians use Iranian atmosphere and military...

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The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, taken from an airplane in January 2008/Pentagon

USA and the Arms Race

by David Ignatius | Aug 21, 2016 | Opinion

The fight against the ISIS may get the headlines. But it’s the military threats from Russia and China that most worry top Pentagon officials — and are driving a new arms race to deter these great-power rivals. This question of how to deal with Russian and Chinese...