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Hariri meets Aoun on Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Baabda after being tasked to form the new cabinet/NNA

Hariri Vows to Quickly Form a ‘National Accord Government’

by Nazeer Rida | Nov 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Saad Hariri, the newly nominated prime minister, vowed Thursday to work hard on forming a national accord government capable of facing the country’s divisions which have paralyzed Lebanon for several years. Following two days of binding parliamentary...

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Theresa May (Photo: Reuters/Neil Hall)

Brexit Ignites Interior Constitutional Problems

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2016 | World

London – The British PM Theresa May has pledged to apply the two-year 50th article of Lisbon Treaty concerning the split from the EU before March. Brexit has been a discord topic between Britain and the EU, which calls for a swift separation, yet, Britain has...

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Syria Democratic Forces held a watchful position near Raqqa, Syria, May 27, 2016/Reuters

In Response to Moscow’s Truce…the Opposition Launches ‘Aleppo Battle 2’

by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Ankara- Syrian opposition forces launched Thursday the second phase of the battle to lift the siege of the eastern parts of Aleppo’s city, as a response to the one-side military truce that the Russian Army had announced in Aleppo for 10 hours starting Friday...

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Egypt has been struggling to boost its foreign currency reserves in the political and economic turmoil following the January 2011 uprising that toppled former ruler Hosni Mubarak ©Patrick Baz (AFP/File)

Egypt’s Pound Devalued After a Currency Float

by Sabri Najeh | Nov 4, 2016 | Business

Cairo- Egypt’s Central Bank on Thursday took a “historic” but nevertheless dangerous step when it decided to devaluate its local currency, a decision expected by several observers after the Egyptian Pound fell to its historic levels, exceeding the official price by...