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Deryan speaks at the airport in Beirut before before leaving to KSA on an official visit for ten days/NNA

Lebanon’s Defense Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: Aoun’s Visit Surpasses Arms Issue,Tackles Several Files

by Paula Astih | Jan 8, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf said the upcoming visit of Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun to the Kingdom early next week exceeds the effort to activate a Saudi arms grant for the Lebanese Army, but rather lies in the framework of underlining the special...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (SPA)

Crown Prince: Iran Represents the 3 Main Ills of the Region… No Point in Negotiations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 8, 2017 | Middle East

London – Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense believes that Iran represents the three main ills of the Middle East, adding that there is no point in negotiating with a power that is committed to exporting its...

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A still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters shows people and a bulldozer moving debris after a fuel truck exploded in the centre of rebel-held Azaz, near Syria’s border with Turkey, January 7, 2017. REUTERS TV/via Reuters

Eight Syrian Factions Merge… Massacre in Azaz

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Jan 8, 2017 | Middle East, Uncategorized

Beirut- Sources at the Syrian opposition announced on Saturday that eight large opposition factions had merged in the north of Syria under the name of “Leadership Council For Liberation Of Syria.” An opposition source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the factions that agreed...

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A handout picture released by the Iraq Prime Minister’s Press Office on January 7, 2017, shows Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi (R) meeting with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim in the capital Baghdad. (AFP Photo)

Yildirim, Abadi Agree on Bashiqa Camp

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 8, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- As Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced on Saturday that an agreement was reached with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim concerning the withdrawal of Turkish forces from the Bashiqa camp north Mosul, Turkey’s Prime Minister asserted that his...