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Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (L) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (C), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit Cyrus, during a pause in U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban in SeaTac, Washington, U.S. February 6, 2017. REUTERS/David Ryder

Trump Discusses an Alternative for Travel Ban

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 12, 2017 | World

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump had announced that he will be considering several options in face of the judicial block of his travel ban for seven Muslim countries. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his way to Florida, he said he was confident that...

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Washington, Sept. 11, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wrote 6,000 Words to Obama

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 10, 2017 | World

Washington– A letter dated January 2015 to then-U.S. President Barack Obama by the self-proclaimed mastermind of September 11 attacks, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, described the former president as “the head of the snake” and blamed the rise of terrorism on U.S. foreign...

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The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

CIA: Self Evaluation of its Failures

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 8, 2017 | World

Washington – During the final year of the Iranian-Iraqi war, precisely mid-1988, indications surfaced signifying the end of the battles. Yet, a number of CIA analysts continued to present false data that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini would never agree to...

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A member of the security forces patrols a street in the Yemeni port of Mukalla, 480 km east of Aden, on May 3, 2016 (AFP Photo/)

Al-Rimi: Target of U.S. Raid in Yemen

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 8, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- U.S. military and intelligence officials said on Monday that the capture of Qassem al-Rimi, head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was the main objective of the raid launched by the U.S. elite forces in Yemen on Jan. 29, the first military operation...

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AQAP leader Qasim al-Raymi. Getty Images

Yemen’s Qaeda: Arwa, Anas Baghdadi Killed in Baida Operation

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 6, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- The leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch swore revenge after a U.S. raid on a compound last month killed several terrorists and some civilians. Qasim al-Raymi, head of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), accused the U.S. of killing civilians in the Jan....