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President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gestures during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi

Algerian Tourism Minister Dismissed Three Days after Being Appointed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 29, 2017 | Middle East

Algeria-Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sacked his tourism minister on Sunday three days after he was appointed to the post. A statement issued by the presidency did not say why Bouteflika had fired Messaoud Benagoun. Algerian media had criticized...

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Newly elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun (2nd L), reviews the honour guards upon arrival to the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Fadi al-Haber: Hezbollah Gave Aoun the Presidency and Controlled Lebanon

by Wajdi Al-Aridi | May 29, 2017 | Interviews

Beirut – Lebanese MP Fadi al-Haber said that Hezbollah has granted the presidency to General Michel Aoun and tightened its grip over the country through its arms and its interference in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. In an interview with Asharq al-Awsat, the Kataeb Party...

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President Trump walks with Saudi King Salman at the U.S.-Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh. (SPA)

Zakaria, Zarif and Saudi Arabia

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 29, 2017 | Opinion

On two consecutive days, two articles which pretty much share same ideas, were published criticizing US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia – claiming it is the “country of extremism and terrorism”. Journalist and author Fareed Zakaria repeated what...

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Twitter: Saudi Arabia Leads Growth in the Middle East

by Musaid Al-Zayani | May 29, 2017 | Interviews

Dubai – Twitter’s Head of Sales in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region Benjamin Ampen said that the concept of security for the company on the platform is to maintain a system of values and criteria for the person who owns an account, whether...

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Bin Laden’s Wife: Someone Betrayed Us on the Night He Was Killed

by Omar Farouk | May 29, 2017 | World

Islamabad – Amal Ahmad al-Saddah, Osama Bin Laden’s fourth and youngest wife, has finally spoken about the night US forces raided their home in their compound in Abbottabad and killed her husband on May 2011. Amal recently recounted the story of the night her husband...