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Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a media conference at Chigi palace in Rome, May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Following Cameron’s Footsteps…Renzi Risks Political Future

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

Rome- Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is risking his political future just like British PM David Cameron did when he bet on carrying out a referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union. Cameron’s risk did not work out and the results were totally...

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Employees of the state-owned English-language Russia Today (RT) television network wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

In Today’s World, the Truth is Losing

by David Ignatius | Dec 4, 2016 | Opinion

Richard Stengel, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, bluntly states the problem that has been worrying him and should worry us all: “In a global information war, how does the truth win?” The very idea that the truth won’t be triumphant would,...

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Djibouti Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Reuters

Djiboutian FM: ‘No Contradiction between Presence of U.S., Chinese Military on our Territories’

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Dec 4, 2016 | Interviews

Djibouti- Djiboutian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf talked about his country’s attempts to cooperate with Iran based on a clear vision, just like other countries. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Youssouf said that Djibouti noticed from the...

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Anti-Gadhafi fighters celebrate the fall of Sirte in the town, Libya. (Reuters)

Libya: Fears of Fighting Renewal after Tripoli Truce

by Khalid Mahmoud | Dec 4, 2016 | World

Cairo- Even though an armistice has been in effect among militias overrunning Libyan capital, Tripoli, fears of renewed clashes have been escalating after a brigade dubbed “Tripoli’s Rebels Battalion” announced the assassination of one of its members. Commander Tarek...

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Coalition and Army leaderships visiting locations in each of Taiz and Lahij, Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen: Military Visits by Coalition Commanders Boost Morale of Pro-Government Fighters in Taiz, Lahij

by Bassam al-Qadi | Dec 4, 2016 | Middle East

Aden- Frequent visits by senior military commanders at the Saudi-led Arab Coalition to warzones and battlefronts in Yemen’s south has been registered by Asharq Al-Awsat correspondents. Most visits were at the Yemeni eastern cities of Taiz and Lahij. The Arab coalition...