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Sneijder Refuses His Mother’s Request Asking Him to Leave Istanbul

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 5, 2017 | World

The Dutch professional footballer Wesley Sneijder who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray, one of the biggest clubs in Istanbul and the Turkish football league, responded to his mother’s request that he leaves Istanbul and return to his country because of the recent...

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Thousands Return to East Aleppo to Inspect Their Destroyed Homes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East

A senior official at the United Nations said that thousands of people have started to return to formerly rebel-held east Aleppo in spite of the bitter cold and destruction “beyond imagination” in order to inspect their destroyed homes. Sajjad Malik, the...

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Opinion: Dialogue With Iran is an Unrealistic Idea

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 5, 2017 | Opinion

The story is not about the terrorist attack on a prison in Bahrain using pistols and automatic rifles in the style of films that resulted in a police officer being killed and 10 dangerous prisoners to escape. Nor was it about the planning that accompanied the...

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Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

British FM: There’s a Huge Potential to expand our Economic Relationships with the Gulf

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2017 | Business

London – Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has embarked on a two-day New Year tour of the Gulf in a bid to strengthen economic relations with the UK’s allies in the region ahead of Brexit. The Chancellor will meet with political leaders and finance...

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Minister Gebran Basil Saudi Charge D’affaires Walid Al-Bukhari

Saudi-Lebanese Economic Forum in Beirut to Kick off in March

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese prominent economic figures announced the convening of the Saudi-Lebanese Economic Forum in Beirut in March during a meeting attended by around 50 economic figures in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Beirut, few days before President Michel Aoun’s...