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People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Sheikh Fares neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Iran and Israel’s Struggle in Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion

Following the defeat of the Syrian forces and its impact on the regime, a number of regional and international powers warned against a peace deal in Syria that parties supporting the regime and Iran could benefit from. Israel had expressed that, considering any plan...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the media during a news conference in Vienna July 15, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderRTR3YRQE

Should the Gulf Negotiate Iran or De Facto Aggressor: ‘The Revolutionary Guard’?

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion

Iran’s elite revolutionary guard, an armed force intended to protect Tehran’s theocratic regime, has registered disruptive and intrusive activity in 14 regional states. The guards operations in Syria alone cost the cleric-led regime some $100 billion. A paper written...

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White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (C) arrives prior to a joint news conference between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Flynn Told Trump Team He might Register as a Foreign Agent

by Ashley Parker | Mar 12, 2017 | World

Attorneys for Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, informed the incoming White House legal counsel during the transition that Flynn might need to register with the government as a foreign agent — a phone call that raised no alarms within...

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People inspect the damage at the site of an attack by two suicide bombers in Damascus, Syria March 11, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Twin Blasts Rock Damascus’ Fragile Security

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

Beirut – In one of the deadliest attacks since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, two blasts rocked the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing dozens of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims and injuring many others. The two attacks, that took place at a bus station in Bab al-Saghir...

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A Saudi Aramco employee sits in the area of its stand at the Middle East Petrotech 2016, an exhibition and conference for the refining and petrochemical industries, in Manama, Bahrain, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Evercore, Moelis Aramco’s Advisors during the Company’s IPO

by Wael Mahdi | Mar 12, 2017 | Business

Khobar – Things haven’t been settled yet as which bank will be in charge of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) or even take the advisory role. Bloomberg reported that Aramco had added another financial advisor, Evercore Partners Inc., the US bank founded by...