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Members of the revolutionary guard attend the anniversary ceremony of Iran’s Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, February 1, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

…. Talking of Walls

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Feb 5, 2017 | Opinion

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.” (Joseph Fort Newton) As the world holds its breath awaiting more shocking ‘orders’ from the new U.S. president Donald Trump, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani came up, perhaps, with the most eloquent criticism on...

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Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), (C) attends a mass on Christmas at Mar George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Hakim Tackles Post-ISIS Phase in Kurdistan

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

Bagdad, Erbil- Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), is carrying out local and regional visits – Hakim and his accompanying delegate arrived to Kurdistan on Saturday where he was received at the airport by Prime Minister of the...

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Opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban greet international travelers at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Federal Order Halts Trump’s Immigration Ban

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 5, 2017 | World

Washington – The U.S. has reopened its airports for citizens of the seven Muslim countries included in President Donald Trump’s executive order. Federal court said that the authorities had reactivated 60 thousand visas and their carrier can now enter the countries...

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Morocco’s Environment Minister Hakima El Haite sepaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Moroccan Environment Minister Investigates Case of ‘Ukraine Wastes’

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

Rabat- Morocco’s Environment Minister in the caretaker government Hakima El Haite stated that she has assigned members of the Environmental Police to investigate the issue of “Ukraine wastes”. Some Moroccan media such as Ukrinform newspaper published news on...

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After signing, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order rolling back regulations from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on Wall Street reform at the White House in Washington February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump Sides with Wall Street, Orders Banking Reforms

by Mutlaq Muneer | Feb 5, 2017 | Business

London – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, achieving with that one of his campaign promises. The Obama administration implemented the measures to reform Wall Street...