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President Michel Aoun receiving a delegation of Lebanese Ambassadors Forum chaired by Ambassador Khalil Makkawi (NNA)

Lebanon: Aoun Hints he Would Resort to Constitutional Powers over Electoral Law Dispute

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Thursday that he would not accept any violations of the Constitution during his term. “During my tenure, I will not allow violations of the constitution or disregard to the Lebanese people’s will for change,” Aoun said...

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Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir deliver a statement after a meeting at the State Department in Washington, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Putting a Spoke in the Wheel of Saudi-U.S. Relations

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 3, 2017 | Opinion

Marking the first visit made by a United States President to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, in 1974, addressed the late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz with a great deal of respect saying that people from all over the world have sought...

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A destroyed mural in the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in Mosul city, Mosul, Iraq January 30, 2017. Picture taken January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Mosul’s Ninewah Oberoi Hotel Catered to Elites: from Saddam Allies to Bombers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2017 | Features

Mosul- When ISIS seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite — foreign fighters and suicide bombers seen as the group’s most prized members. The Iraqi army’s recent capture of...

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A view of stone rams at Amun Temple in Naga, near the Meroë pyramids, south of the ancient city of Meroë, Sudan, on March 10, 2012. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters)

Sudanese Minister: The Louvre to Organize Exhibition on Sudan’s Antiquities

by Ahmed Younis | Feb 3, 2017 | Interviews

Khartoum – Sudanese Minister of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife Mohammed Abu Zeid Mustafa said his country would exert all possible efforts to recover looted and stolen antiquities in museums around the world, through diplomatic and legal channels. He said the...

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Barack Obama meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Obama, Trump and the Muslim Ban

by Amir Taheri | Feb 3, 2017 | Opinion

As expected, the decision by the new American President Donald Trump to impose a 90-day ban on visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries has provoked violent reactions in many parts of the world, including the United States. The fact that the majority of citizens...