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Smoke rises after airstrikes on the rebel-held al-Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Moscow,Tehran Ponder Next Moves in Aleppo

by Amir Taheri | Nov 6, 2016 | Features

As the world holds its breath about what is to happen next in Aleppo, analysts wonder whether Russian President Vladimir Putin had bitten more than he can chew? On and off, Russia has been bombing Aleppo for over a year in a textbook case of trying to break the...

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Georg Padzerski (C), top candidate of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the Berlin state elections, attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Germany’s Social Democrats Press for New Points-Based Immigration Rules

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 6, 2016 | World

Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition, will announce a plan on Monday for a points-based system to regulate immigration, a top party official said. Thomas Oppermann, who leads the Social...

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This is a Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 file photo of Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a press statement with Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos at 10 Downing Street in London., AP

UK PM May Says Values Independent Judiciary

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 6, 2016 | World

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that she valued the independence of the judiciary after some British newspapers strongly criticized the judges involved in a court ruling which could delay Brexit. On Thursday Britain’s High Court ruled the government...

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Syria Democratic Forces fighters inspect a center that was used by ISIS extremists in Aleppo Governorate.

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Internationally-Backed Syrian Alliance Announces Attack on ISIS in Raqqa

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 6, 2016 | Middle East

A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian armed groups announced on Sunday that it had officially launched an operation to retake the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of ultra-hardline group ISIS in Syria. The new offensive steps up pressure on the militant group...

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Christian politician Michel Aoun, right, with Lebanon’s former
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Lebanon’s Governments: Partisan, Sectarian and Political Quotas

by Paula Astih | Nov 6, 2016 | Features

Beirut- The workshop launched by the nominated Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to compose his upcoming cabinet has resembled many other workshops launched by other nominated Prime Ministers who worked on distributing quotas and ministerial portfolios based on sects, and...