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

Obama Should Thank Trump for Putting Iran on Notice

by Eli Lake | Feb 19, 2017 | Opinion

Don’t say Donald Trump never did anything for Barack Obama. On Wednesday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran “on notice” for its ballistic missile test and its arming, training and equipping of Houthi rebels in Yemen. The early reaction...

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Lebanon’s Tourism Expects Promising Season

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon’s Tourism Minister Ouadis Kedenian expected on Saturday a promising tourism season after the Lebanese-Gulf ties regained their former glory. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Kedenian said: “We expect a promising season due to a number of...

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Washington on Libyan Mediation Line… Flirts with Haftar

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Asharq Al-Awsat learned on Saturday of indirect contact between U.S. President Donald Trump representatives and leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA)General Khalifa Haftar, indicating the openness of the Trump administration to the Libyan file unlike his...

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A military vehicle of Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces is seen at the site of car bomb attack during a battle with Islamic State militants in Andalus neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

U.S. Coalition: ISIS command Center Destroyed in Mosul

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 18, 2017 | Middle East

The U.S.-led military coalition said on Saturday its forces had destroyed a building in the main medical complex of western Mosul that was suspected of housing an ISIS command center. “The coalition was able to determine through intelligence, surveillance and...

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Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi attends the final session of the South American-Arab Countries summit, in Riyadh November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Yemen’s President Lauds U.S. Intervention Curbing Iranian Expansionism

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 18, 2017 | Middle East

Yemeni President Abdu Rabbo Mansur Hadi lauded the United States new administration, particularly on its active interventionism against Iran’s systematic interference in region-wide affairs. Hadi’s remarks followed a meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen...