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Custodian of the two holy mosques during the reception (SPA)

Ambassadors Take Oath before the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah – A number of Saudi ambassadors-designate to a number of countries took the oath of office before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday. The king gave them directives and wished them best to serve their religion,...

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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

General Assembly Opens its Sessions with U.S. Attacks on Russia

by Heba El Koudsy and Jordan Dakamseh | Sep 21, 2016 | World

New York–The United Nations General Assembly opened its 71st session in New York with the participation of head of states and representatives of its member states. The delegation of Saudi Arabia to the summit was headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul...

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A Turkish flag flutters atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 26. Reuters

Man Wounded after Attempt to Enter Israel’s Embassy in Ankara, Staff Unharmed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 21, 2016 | Middle East

A “mentally unstable” attacker armed with a knife tried to enter the Israeli embassy in Turkey on Wednesday but was shot and slightly wounded before he reached the building, Israel’s foreign ministry and Ankara governor’s office said. “A...

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Damaged Red Cross and Red Crescent medical supplies lie inside a warehouse after an airstrike on western Aleppo, September 20, 2016/ Reuters-Ammar Abdullah

Air Raid Kills Several Medical Workers near Aleppo – Monitors

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 21, 2016 | Middle East

Khan Touman, a town southwest of Aleppo in Syria, was hit by an air raid carried out late Tuesday by Syrian or Russian warplanes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. One nurse is critically wounded and at least four medics and nine...

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Smoke rises in the distance as Syrians gather near damaged trucks carrying aid on the side of the road in the town of Orum al-Kubra on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 20, 2016, the morning after a convoy delivering aid was hit by a deadly air strike. Omar haj kadour / AFP

Was it Assad or the Russians?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Sep 21, 2016 | Opinion

Technically, the U.S.-Russian ceasefire in Syria collapsed after an aid convoy was targeted while it was heading to Aleppo’s besieged areas. Washington said it was “shocked’ by the attack in Syria and warned that the air raids put Russia’s commitments at stake....