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Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, holds a copy of the letter requesting Palestinian statehood as he speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 23, 2011 at UN headquarters in New York. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA / AFP PHOTO / STAN HONDA

Abbass to Withdraw Recognition of Israel If U.S. Embassy Is Moved to Jerusalem

by Kifah Ziboun | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presided a higher committee meeting to consider the measure that should be taken in case the U.S. embassy was transferred to Jerusalem. The committee issued several recommendations including announcement of Palestinian...

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Lebanese Information Minister Melhem Riachi

Riachi to Replace “Information” with “Communication and Dialogue”!

by Vivian Haddad | Jan 31, 2017 | Features

Beirut- The Lebanese Information Minister, Melhem Riachi, has spent great efforts to draft an inclusive plan aiming to upgrade the Lebanese media amid major challenges, newspaper crisis, problems of TV shows, and complaints of journalists about their violated rights....

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Opinion: Telephone Diplomacy Between King Salman and Trump

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 31, 2017 | Opinion

Some inciting voices have condemned the fact that Saudi Arabia was not included in the countries on Trump’s travel ban list. The American President Donald Trump did not categorise Saudis as terrorists and did not ban them from entering the country. In addition to...

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Jordan, Nahed Hattar, Jordanian author

Court of Cassation Approves Death Sentence of Jordanian Author’s Killer

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East

Amman — Jordanian Court of Cassation, highest judicial committee in Joradn, upheld December’s State Security Court (SSC) ruling sentencing a 49-year-old man to death for assassinating Jordanian author Nahed Hattar in front of the Palace of Justice on September 25 of...

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Iraqi lawmakers attend a session in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Iraqi Parliament Appoints Defense, Interior Ministers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 31, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad- The Iraqi Parliament approved on Monday the appointment of new defense and interior ministers. At the same session, the legislative body voted down two candidates for the ministries of commerce and industry. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tweeted, “We...