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Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun talks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Aoun’s Path to Baabda: Wars and Reconciliations

by Thaer Abbas | Oct 29, 2016 | Features

Beirut- Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun has not had an easy path to the presidential palace. The “impossible” was made possible by Future Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri’s approval to back Aoun for the presidency. The doors of Baabda Palace, which have...

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Abdullah bin Zayed meets British Foreign Secretary. WAM

UAE Urges London to Finalize Signing of Free Trade Deal with GCC

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 29, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi-Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson in London on Thursday. During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah and...

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An American soldier is seen at the U.S. army base in Qayyara, south of Mosul October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Iraqi Sources: U.S. Role in Mosul Battle Diminishes

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 29, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Atheel al-Nujaifi, former Nineveh governor and head of the Nineveh Guards, revealed that “the U.S. role in supporting Iraq against ISIS is diminishing, especially after the Iraqi government’s rejection of the Defense Secretary Ashton Carter request to approve...

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Lebanese head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (C), accompanied with his parliamentary bloc, speaks during a news conference January 24, 2011. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir

Aoun, a Bridge for Whom?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 29, 2016 | Opinion

It is not strange for Lebanon to have disagreements as it is the country of 17 state-acknowledged sects. The influence of this relatively small country is much larger than its size, given that its area is half of that of Kuwait, which explains the continuous regional...

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Smoke rises from a Syrian regime airstrike on rebel positions inside Aleppo. (AFP/George Orfalian)

Syrian Rebels Launch Latest Push to Lift Aleppo Siege

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Oct 29, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Syrian opposition factions launched a wide-scale offensive to free Aleppo’s eastern neighborhood and lift the regime-imposed siege. The rebel-launched operation is being called “Aleppo’s Epic Battle,” with an arsenal of missiles and projectiles targeting...