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A Red Crescent aid worker inspects scattered medical supplies after an airstrike on a medical depot in the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, April 30. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)

Syrian Opposition Forces Advance Fighting into Aleppo’s West

by Nazeer Rida | Oct 30, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Syrian opposition forces continued with their offensive against regime-held area in northern Aleppo, in a move aiming at lifting a long imposed siege against rebel-controlled neighborhoods. A counterattack was staged by regime forces and allies, with Russian...

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Hamood bin Sangour Al-Zadjali Director of the Central Bank of Oman

Oman’s Central Bank Director: a Gulf Common Currency has Become a Matter of Time

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Oct 30, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- Hamood bin Sangour Al-Zadjali Director of the Central Bank of Oman made a statement saying that a common Gulf currency has become indisputable and it is only a matter of time before its realization. Oman is not one of the countries pushing for a common...

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Iranian air force fighter jets fly over Tehran. AFP, Getty Images

Two Iranians Arrested for Smuggling U.S. Fighter Jet Parts to Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2016 | World

London- The United Stated attorney in the U.S. Federal Court announced the arrest of two Iranians for smuggling U.S. fighter jet parts, worth $3 million dollars, to Iran. Los Angeles Times revealed on Sunday that Zavik Zargarian, 52, and Vache Nayirian, 57, have been...

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Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki is sworn in as Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to the United States. SPA

Saudi Ambassador to Washington: ‘My country’s Political Standards Haven’t Changed’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington- Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki assured that the foundations of the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have not changed. In his speech on the 25th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, organized by...

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A Syrian refugee child eats inside his family’s tent at an informal settlement in Deir al-Ahmar, Bekaa valley September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Alia Haju

Syrian Children Facing the Worst of Two Fates, Death by War or Extreme Poverty

by Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 30, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Syria’s children, forced out of their homes since 2011 in one of the world’s largest human displacements since World War 2 today face the worst of two evils—either to face gruesome death with state-of-the-art weapons, chemical arms or the stranded life of a...