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Tunisia Seeks to Change Structure of Ties with EU

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 6, 2017 | Business

Brussels- President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani has stressed the importance of the consolidation of ties between Tunisia and the EU, calling for joint action to achieve peace and development. “We are all together in the Mediterranean basin,” Tajani told...

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US troops leave Afghanistan’s Camp Leatherneck after 13 years, in this October 26, 2014 file picture. Reuters photo

Pentagon to Request Thousands more Troops for Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 6, 2017 | World

Washington- The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked fight with the Taliban, a senior official has said. After a steady downsizing of US troop numbers since 2011, US military commanders say they...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he registers to run for a second four-year term in the May election, in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2017. Credit: President.ir/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Rouhani Blasts Revolutionary Guards’ Attempt at Sabotaging ‘Landmark’ Nuclear Deal

by Adel al-Salmi | May 6, 2017 | World

London – Iran’s outgoing president Hassan Rouhani was fiercely attacked by conservative rivals on Tuesday after which he accused Tehran’s elite Revolutionary Guard of sabotaging the nuclear deal with its ballistic missile program. In the second televised...

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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (photo credit: REUTERS)

Haniyeh, Abu Marzouk Fiercely Compete to Succeed Meshaal

by Kifah Ziboun | May 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas concluded on Friday the latest phase of its internal elections, which are aimed at choosing a successor to Khaled Meshaal to head the movement’s politburo. The internal elections saw fierce competition between former Hamas President Ismail Haniyeh and...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani during their meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan,
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Russia’s ‘Peace Scheme’ for Syria Stillborn

by Amir Taheri | May 6, 2017 | Features

For the past few days the official media in Moscow and Tehran have hailed a scheme unveiled in Astaneh, Kazakhstan, as “a peace plan for Syria.” For the Russian media, credit for the new scheme goes almost exclusively to President Vladimir Putin who is thus cast as a...