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U.S. senator John McCain gives a public lecture on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su

John McCain to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Will Work on Removing Assad, Defeating ISIS Simultaneously

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 9, 2017 | Interviews

Washington- US Senator John McCain has fully backed the US strike carried out by US President Donald Trump’s administration against the airbase in Syria in response to the chemical attack committed by the Syrian regime against civilians. McCain told Asharq...

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A man breathes through an oxygen mask as another one receives treatments, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

After Shayrat Strike…Russia Warns of Serious Consequences

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh, Moscow- Tension escalated between Moscow and the West following the Syrian regime chemical attack at Khan Sheikhoun and the US response by striking the Shayrat airbase, near Aleppo. Moscow warned on Friday that US cruise missile strikes on the Syrian airbase...

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A view of the street scene after people were killed when a truck crashed into a department store Ahlens, in central Stockholm, Sweden, April 7, 2017. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via REUTERS

Sweden Strengthens Border Controls

by Abdullah Mustafa | Apr 9, 2017 | World

Stockholm, Brussels – Swedish television reported police sources saying that the police had arrested a second man after a truck drove into a crowd of people on the busy Stockholm shopping street Drottninggatan killing four people and injuring at least 15. The incident...

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U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

US President Presses Chinese President on Trade, North Korea

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 9, 2017 | World

Florida – The rapid action in Syria could be interpreted as a signal of President Trump’s willingness to use military force especially to North Korea and its ally China, as well as other countries like Iran and Russia. This comes as North Korea is developing...

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Youth walk under an ISIS flag in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Clashes in Ain Al-Hilweh, Support to Fatah’s Attack against Badr Group

by Paula Astih | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Heavy clashes continue at the south Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh Camp since Friday evening, following a green light given by Fatah Faction and the rest of Palestinian factions to target Bilal Badr group, which has recently resisted the security forces as they tried...