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Michael Ricketts was signed by Middlesbrough from Bolton for £3.5m in a move that never worked out for the forward. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

The Worst January Transfers Every Year since the Winter Window Started

by Simon Burnton | Jan 18, 2017 | Sports

2003 Michael Ricketts, Bolton to Middlesbrough, £3.5m At 11.30pm on the first ever January transfer deadline day, Middlesbrough sealed the signing of the striker who was intended to revolutionize their team. “I was stuck in a rut at Bolton, training was the same all...

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Syrian ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari delivers a press briefing in Geneva on April 18, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Jaafari Heads Regime Delegation at Astana Talks, Ahrar Al-Sham Decides on Participation within 24 Hours

by Caroline Akoum | Jan 18, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Syrian regime has already put together its representing delegation to attend the Kazakhstan Syria peace talks. Bashar al-Jaafari, regime instated Permanent Representative at the United Nations headquartered in New York, will be heading the regime’s...

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FILE PHOTO – Abdul Hakeem Belhadj, leader of the Al-Watan party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tripoli March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/File Photo

UK Court Allows Libyan Commander to Sue British Government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Britain’s Supreme Court gave permission to former Libyan Islamist commander, Abdel Hakim Belhadj on Tuesday to sue the British government and its former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. Belhadj, who was head of Libyan Islamic Fighting Group before toppling...

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Trump’s Adviser Walid Phares. AP

Walid Phares: ‘Trump’s Administration Will Aid Regional Countries to Face Iranian Expansion’

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Walid Phares, a key U.S. President-elect Donald Trump adviser for Middle East affairs, said that the new U.S. administration, which will take over on Friday, will reconsider the nuclear deal signed earlier with Iran. Phares, who is nominated for a higher post...

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir prior to an international and interministerial conference in a bid to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, in Paris, France, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane de Sakutin

French FM in Riyadh on Monday to Discuss Regional Issues

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 18, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Paris – French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will conduct a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss strategic partnership and regional issues, French diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. This will be Ayrault’s first visit to...