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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Abbas Promises Decisive Steps to End Hamas-Fatah Rift

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah- Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas criticized the new Hamas declaration in Gaza, saying that not only it represents a challenge but has also forced the Palestinian Authority to take measures to counter its effect. A Gaza Strip official said that Hamas openly...

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Pope Francis welcomes Egyptian Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb during a private audience at the Vatican. (AFP)

Grand Imam of Azhar: Terrorism is an Intellectual and Psychological Disease

by Walid Abdul Rahman, Dalia Assem and Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo, Alexandria – The terrorism in the world is not a result of any religion, but it is an intellectual and psychological disease that is always seeking excuses for its existence, said Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb. He told Asharq Al-Awsat: “Terrorism...

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

Russian Veto Protects Assad’s Chemicals

by Taha Abdul Wahed and Asharq Al Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, New York – Russia on Wednesday vetoed a UN draft resolution that calls on the Syrian regime to cooperate in investigating a chemical attack in the province of Idlib last week. It was the eighth time during Syria’s six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used...

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King Salman with Chairman of Saudi-British Group in the British Parliament Charlotte Leslie (SPA)

King Salman Receives Head of Saudi-British Group in British Parliament

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Wednesday Member of Parliament from British Conservative Party and Chairman of Saudi-British Group in the British Parliament Charlotte Leslie. Leslie was accompanied by a number of...

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The White House is seen with the Washington Monument (L) behind it and the Jefferson Memorial (R) in Washington, May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

White House to Call Out Russia’s Fake News on Syria

by Eli Lake | Apr 13, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s Russian reset is in big trouble. That’s one message of a four-page dossier on the Syrian regime’s April 4 chemical weapons attack that killed up to 100 people and injured many more. The document, prepared by the National...