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Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday March 14, 2017. AP/Evan Vucci

$200 Billion Saudi-US Partnership

by Khater al-Khater | Mar 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington – US President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman affirmed during a meeting at the White House in Washington the importance of confronting Iran’s destabilizing regional activities and discussed steps to deepen...

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The meeting of Hafez Assad with Kamal Jumblat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Kamal Jumblat to Assad: I Won’t Enter your Big Golden Cage

by Nazeer Rida | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Tawfiq Sultan, a former official in the “National Movement”, recalls all the details of a meeting held between Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblat and former Syrian President Hafez Assad, 40 years after the assassination of his comrade. At this famous meeting,...

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Participants of Syria peace talks attend a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Astana 3 Talks on Syria Flop … Iran a Guarantor

by Caroline Akoum, Paula Astih | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut-The “Astana 3” intra-Syrian talks held for two days in the Kazakh capital ended with no progress on Wednesday. A statement first announced that the meetings will conclude on Wednesday morning, but later Russian officials asserted that the talks would be...

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The Federal Reserve Building stands in Washington April 3, 2012. Investors are awaiting minutes from the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee’s March 13 meeting that may provide clues on any potential quantitative easing. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) – RTR30AAA

US Fed Raises Benchmark Interest Rate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Business

Washington- The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate a quarter point, amid rising inflation, the second increase since President Donald Trump’s election and only the third in a decade. But Fed Chair Janet Yellen said policymakers...

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King Abdulaziz Public Library

King Abdulaziz Library in Beijing: Contemporary Silk Road

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 16, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Riyadh- The establishment of a new branch of the King Abdulaziz Library at the Beijing University represents a new contemporary Silk Road for China which used to be a channel of cultural and scientific communication between Arabs and Chinese for more than 5,000 years....