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Women Constitute 40% of Israeli Mossad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Israel’s renowned spy agency, the Mossad, has started its first recruitment campaign specifically designed to attract women. With ads splashed across newspaper pages and on its official website, the agency has declared it’s on the hunt for new female...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters

Erdogan Says Nightclub Attack Exploited to Divide Turks as Gunman Identified

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that linking lifestyle differences with the attack at an elite Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day was a deliberate attempt to divide the nation. His comment came as Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut...

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President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani attending a meeting in Tehran on September 4, 2014. AFP

Iran: Corruption Files Deepen Internal Division

by Adel al-Salmi | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

London- Tensions and clashes between conservative judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani and moderate President Hassan Rouhani have entered a new phase, with Larijani saying Rouhani has been accused of taking money from jailed tycoon Babak Zanjani. On Dec. 2, at...

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Yemeni army armoured personnel carriers are seen outside Yemen’s southern city of Zinjibar before army forces took it over from militants August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Military Campaign against al Qaeda in Yemen…. 3 Soldiers Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | Middle East

At least three soldiers were killed in clashes with al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen in an operation launched by the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabu Mansour Hadi, security sources said. At least 15 jihadists have been killed, they...

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A table with OPEC logo is seen during the presentation of OPEC’s 2013 World Oil Outlook in Vienna , November 7, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Kuwait Petroleum Corp Says Committed to OPEC Oil Output Cut

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 4, 2017 | Business

State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) said on Wednesday it was committed to an oil output cut agreed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in November. KPC said in a statement carried by Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA that it had...