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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Trump, Iran, and the Region!

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 14, 2016 | Opinion

Official international reactions varied regarding Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential elections, but they were all diplomatic except for Iran’s position that contradicted the initial statement of Damascus’ criminal Bashar al-Assad whose circles expressed...

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Saudi Arabia stock exchange lists its first real estate fund, Riyadh REIT. (Image: Reuters)

Riyadh REIT, First Real Estate Investment Traded Fund in the Saudi Capital Market

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 14, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) listed on Sunday Riyadh REIT units as the first Real Estate Investment Traded Fund (REIT) on the Saudi capital market, with a capital of SAR500 million divided to 50 million units. Tadawul has recently announced plans to list a...

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Trump Files: Tackling Russia

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 14, 2016 | Opinion

Russia-U.S. relations are considered critical for both the West and Middle East equally – not only because Russia is an active ally of Iran and a major partner in the war in Syria, but also because most international relations are interrelated with outcomes and...

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A member of Tunisia’s special forces inspects the beachside of the Imperial Marhaba resort, while British, French, German and Tunisia’s interior ministers arrive to pay their tribute in front of a makeshift memorial in Sousse, Tunisia, June 29, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Tunisia Captures Three Arms Caches near Libya Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 14, 2016 | Middle East

Tunisian forces seized three large arms caches near the border with Libya over the weekend, two on Saturday and the third was found on Sunday; including Kalashnikov rifles, rockets and landmines, according to the interior ministry. The caches in the border city of Ben...

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Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division soldiers come under fire from ISIS while running across an intersection as they try to push forward in the Karkukli neighbourhood of Mosul on November 13, 2016. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Advisor to Kurdistan President: Maliki Wants Mosul Battle to Fail

by Fahed al-Thiyabee | Nov 14, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh– Kefah Mahmoud Senjari, the advisor to President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, said that the liberation of Mosul city will be a strike to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He accused Maliki of negligence which led to ISIS’ thrust into Nineveh...