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Khomeini’s Revolution and CIA’s Analysis

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion

I read some of the declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents that Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper has recently published, and which deal with the period of the Iranian revolution at the end of the 1970s — this was a turbulent phase and continues to stir...

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Turkish special forces take position on April 1, 2015 near the police headquarters in Istanbul. AFP

Turkey Detains 4 ISIS Suspects Planning ‘Sensational’ Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

Turkey has detained four suspected members of ISIS in the southeastern city of Gaziantep accused of planning a “sensational” attack, Turkish news agencies said Thursday. Police seized 150 kilograms of explosives, detonation equipment and two Kalashnikovs, the reports...

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Oil tanks seen at the Saudi Aramco headquarters during a media tour at Damam city November 11, 2007. REUTERS/ Ali Jarekji/File Photo

Boutique Bank Moelis Wins Advisory Role of Mammoth Saudi Aramco IPO

by Wael Mahdi | Feb 9, 2017 | Business

Khobar – New York-based boutique investment bank Moelis & Co (MC.N) has been chosen as an adviser by Saudi Aramco on its plans for what is expected to be the world’s biggest initial public share offer (IPO). Moelis will be the internal independent...

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Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir (R) greets his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP file photo

Saudi-Turkish Consensus on Iran, Hezbollah Impeding Syria Solution

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Feb 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Saudi Arabia and Turkey emphasized matching positions and views on regional matters, particularly Syria and Iraq. Iran and Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” were condemned for playing a negative role, blocking any peaceful solution in Syria. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel...

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Russian President Putin watches the launch of a missile during naval exercises in Russia’s Arctic North on board the nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), Aug. 17, 2005. REUTERS

Arctic..New Contact Line in Cold War with NATO

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 9, 2017 | World

Moscow – On the military level, the North Pole is the intersecting point of the Russian border with that of the NATO, especially U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway. This region is of high importance to Russia since the Soviet Union age, namely that the greatest...