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The OPEC flag and the OPEC logo are seen before a news conference in Vienna, Austria, October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Saudi, Iraq, Kuwait Hold 30% of World’s Oil Reserves

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2016 | Business

Cairo- Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait have 30% of the world’s oil reserves with around 511.2 billion barrels in their possession, said the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC). OAPEC said on Sunday in its monthly bulletin that the...

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Michel Aoun speaks to journalists on October 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Hussein

Lebanon’s Aoun Returns to Presidential Palace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Lebanese lawmakers on Monday elected Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun president, ending a more than two-year political vacuum in the country’s top post. Aoun, who is the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, secured in the second round of voting 83 votes...

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Iraqis stand in front of a banner mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a demonstration in Baghdad on October 8 to demand the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq.

Erdogan Warns Shiite Militias of Intimidating Tal Afar Turkmen

by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that his country would respond if Iraqi Shiite militias terrorize the Iraqi town of Tal Afar. A Turkish official, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Asharq al-Awsat that Iran is provoking Turkey through...

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Science’s Biggest Blunder

by Faye Flam | Oct 31, 2016 | Opinion

Race is perhaps the worst idea ever to come out of science. Scientists were responsible for officially dividing human beings into Europeans, Africans, Asians and Native Americans and promoting these groups as sub-species or separate species altogether. That happened...

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Iraqi soldiers pose with the ISIS flag along a street of the town of al-Shura, which was recaptured from ISIS on Saturday, south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

PMF Starts Offensive towards Tal Afar, ISIS Prepares TOW Missiles

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 31, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad and Erbil – Iraqi troops and security forces in Mosul are closing on the southern fronts of the city. Yet, a leader at one of the Shiite militias, recently participated in the battle, warned that the war on ISIS will be exhaustive and long. A military...