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This Sept. 2, 2015, file photo shows an F-35 jet arriving at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US Delivers 3 F-35 Fighter Jets to Israel

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East

Tel Aviv- Three US F-35 stealth fighter planes are on their way from the United States to Israel to join two other warplanes which landed in the country last year, The Israeli air force has announced. The five fighter jets are part of a deal to provide Israel with 50...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he leaves a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey May 9, 2011.REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

Ahmadinejad Complies with Law, Avoids Sedition after Being Excluded

by Adel al-Salmi | Apr 22, 2017 | World

London – The Iranian Interior Ministry announced the list of qualified candidates late Thursday night after receiving it from the Guardian Council, effectively allowing them to launch their election campaigns. In the peak of reactions on the final list, former...

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Demonstrators clash with the riot police during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on April 20, 2017. Federico PARRA / AFP

Venezuela Braces for New Protest as Death Toll Rises

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 22, 2017 | World

Venezuela braced for new marches Saturday against President Nicolas Maduro, after the death toll climbed to 20 in three weeks of violence, the result of a crisis sparked by demands for the leftist leader’s ouster. The last protests, on Thursday, descended into a...

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In this Monday, April 3, 2017 photo, banners showing modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, left, and Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Erdogan Supporters Turned Against Ataturk Legacy

by Thaer Abbas | Apr 22, 2017 | Features

Istanbul – A referendum that was held in Turkey last Sunday put the country on the doorsteps of the Second Republic as a result of the Constitutional amendments that would deal a blow to the First Republic that was founded by Mustafa Kemal known as Ataturk in...

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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, left, review the honor guard of the United Nations peacekeepers, upon his arrival at their headquarters, at the coastal border town of Naqoura, south Lebanon, Friday, April 21, 2017. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Hariri at Southern Border: Not Concerned by ‘Hezbollah’ Parade

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 22, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – In a response to the field tour by “Hezbollah” for journalists along the Lebanese-Israeli border where party commanders revealed their faces for the first time, Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived at the city of Naqoura on Friday, accompanied by Defense...