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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives at the airport before visiting the Carrier air conditioning and heating company in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 1, 2016.
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Trump the Campaign Trail Showman Returns, Taps Mattis for Defense Secretary

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 2, 2016 | World

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has picked the tough-talking retired general, James Mattis, to be his defense secretary as he returned to his campaign roots in his first major public appearance since Election Day. The splash of hard news came during...

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Opinion: Trump May Find Nothing More to Offer Putin

by Amir Taheri | Dec 2, 2016 | Opinion

During the United States’ recent presidential campaign, one charge levelled against the Republican nominee Donald Trump was that he may be a sort of “Manchurian candidate” for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, pulling the strings from the Kremlin. The Democrat...

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Abdel Razzaq Jalal, who was detained by ISIS speaks during an interview with Reuters in Fadiliyah, Iraq, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily

Iraqi Families: Victims of Separation and ISIS Brutality

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2016 | Features

Mosul- Ihsan Ismail, 18, fled his village of Abu Jarbua east of Mosul an hour before his parents and little sister Nurhan were able to leave. He was taken to a camp at Khazir but his family was at another camp. In nearly all of the camps set up to house the displaced,...

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UAE Leaders Speaking on the 45th National Day

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi- Addressing the nation on the occasion of the 45th National Day, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates said that the government is confidently progressing to deliver indicators of the National Agenda leading to the UAE...

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening of the first and second phases of the housing project “Long Live Egypt”, which focuses on development in the country’s slums, at Al-Asmarat district in Al Mokattam area, east of Cairo, Egypt May 30, 2016 – REUTERS

UAE, Egypt Stress Importance of Arab Strategy to Confront Challenges

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi- The UAE and Egypt have stressed the importance of building an Arab strategy to confront challenges and exert efforts to keep security and stability in the region. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of...