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A Hezbollah officer, who identified himself as Ehab, top left, speaks to journalists at the Lebanese-Israeli border near the village of Labbouneh, south Lebanon, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

In Twofold Message…’Hezbollah’ Takes Journalists on Tour to Lebanese-Israeli Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – In a step seen by some observers as a challenge and an internal and foreign message, “Hezbollah’s” media relations organized on Thursday a field tour for journalists along the southern Lebanese border with Israel, to reveal the fortification works...

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A Saudi Arabia Airlines plane. (Reuters)

Al-Shabal: Saudi Airlines Will Acquire 30 New Planes to Update Fleet

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 21, 2017 | Business

Washington – Saudi Arabian Airlines is seeking to once again become the largest carrier in the Middle East and efforts are being made to achieve this goal, announced Dr. Ghassan Abdul Rahman al-Shabal, chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned airlines. He...

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Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shows his identification during registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi, AP

Ahmadinejad Barred from Iran’s Presidential Race

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 21, 2017 | World

London- An Iranian election committee approved Thursday for six candidates, including current President Hassan Rouhani, to run for the country’s presidential elections next month, but rejected a request by former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his close ally Hamid...

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Exterior view of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) headquarters in The Hague in this file picture taken on October 11, 2013. (Reuters)

Russian-Iranian Bid for New Chemical Probe Rejected

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2017 | Middle East

The Hague- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) rejected on Thursday, through a voting process, a Russian-Iranian proposal to form a new team to investigate the purported chemical attack against Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on April 4....

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center, shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after signing an agreement on the Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum, March 23, 2015 in a bid to ease tensions over regional water supplies. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah / Reuters

Sudan, Egypt Agree to Resolve Pending Matters

by Ahmed Younes and Mustafa Sirri | Apr 21, 2017 | Middle East

Khartoum – Egypt and Sudan agreed on Thursday not to support opposition groups working against their respective governments, during a meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministers. Relations between neighbors Cairo and Khartoum have seen some tension over the past...