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Flowers in memory of passengers and crew members of Russian military Tu-154, which crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, are placed at an embankment in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia, December 26, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russian Plane Crash: Second Black Box Retrieved

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 29, 2016 | World

Moscow – A team of experts began analyzing the second black box retrieved from the crash site of the Russian plane which crashed two minutes after its take off from Sochi. Russian authorities said on Thursday it would take at least 30 days to establish the cause of a...

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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks during an interview with Reuters in his house in Rabat, Morocco, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Moroccan PM After his Visit to Mauritania: Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Nouakchott – Morocco and Mauritania began a new chapter after the relationship between the two countries faced some problems following statements of secretary-general of Istiqlal Party Hamid Chabat saying that Mauritania had originally been part of Morocco and is a...

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Hariri Cabinet Wins Confidence Vote, Arms File Avoided

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- With an easy majority, the new cabinet of Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Wednesday the confidence vote of 87 out of 92 deputies who attended a parliament session to discuss the ministerial statement. Four MPs withheld their vote of confidence,...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Vague Articles in Russian-Turkish Agreement

by Saeed Abdelrazek, Paula Astih and Caroline Akoum | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- Russia and the Syrian opposition were surprised on Wednesday by Turkish comments about an agreement, whose articles remain ambiguous between Ankara and Moscow concerning a nationwide truce in Syria. While Turkish Foreign Minister announced that an...

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz/File Picture

Kerry: Two-State Solution Or Endless Occupation

by Mounir al-Manawri | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Washington- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made on Wednesday a final plea to save the two-state solution, warning that disregarding such a solution would lead to an endless Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. During remarks delivered on the Middle...