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Syria’s Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Venezuelan state television TeleSUR in Damascus, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria’s national news agency SANA on September 26, 2013. – REUTERS

Assad Living his Alternative Reality

by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 12, 2017 | Opinion

Reuters recently published a summary on an interview conducted with Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. After going over the interview’s content, it becomes obvious that Assad is not on the same page as the rest of the world. It is apparent that he receives his briefings from...

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Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (L) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (C), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit Cyrus, during a pause in U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban in SeaTac, Washington, U.S. February 6, 2017. REUTERS/David Ryder

Trump Discusses an Alternative for Travel Ban

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 12, 2017 | World

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump had announced that he will be considering several options in face of the judicial block of his travel ban for seven Muslim countries. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to Florida, he said he was confident that...

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King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, SPA

Saudi Leadership Sends Cable of Condolences on Kabul Bombing Victims

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 12, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a cable of condolences to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on the death and injuries of the victims killed in a terrorist attack which targeted the national Supreme Court. The royal cable expressed deep...

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Iraqi security forces fire tear gas after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad,Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS /Alaa Al-Marjani

Iraq Green Zone Protests Turn Deadly

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 12, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad – Thousands had gathered in the Tahrir Square of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to demand an overhaul of the commission that supervises elections ahead of a provincial vote due in September. The protest started peacefully and several speakers addressed the large...

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Participants of Syria peace talks attend the meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, on January 23 [Reuters/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov]

Astana Urges Syrian Parties to Set up Geneva Negotiations

by FatehArrahman Youssef and Caroline Akoum | Feb 12, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh-Beirut- The Riyadh-based Syria opposition announced the assembly of its delegation to attended the Geneva negotiations. Turkish forces had also reportedly entered the border Syrian city, al-Bab. Turkish troops and Syrian rebels on Saturday entered the ISIS-held...