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An undated picture made available by the Iranian Fars News agency shows Commander Hassan Shateri who was shot dead while he was travelling by road in Syria towards the Lebanese capital late on February 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO/FARS NEWS/EHSAN RAJABI

Shateri: Iran’s Regional Point Man

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 14, 2013 | Profiles

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The killing of a senior Iranian commander west of Damascus highlights Tehran’s military involvement in the Syrian civil war. General Hassan Shateri is the highest ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer to be killed...

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Minister Iyad Madani during the Economic Forum in Jeddah. Iyad Madani, was named on February 7, 2013 as the next head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to succeed Turkey’s Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in January 2014.
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Asharq Al-Awsat Profile: New OIC Chief Iyad Madani

by Salim Salman | Feb 10, 2013 | Profiles

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iyad bin Amin Madani, the newly-elected secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was born in April 1946 and hails from a family in Mecca. During his career he has assumed a number of ministerial posts in Saudi Arabia,...

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A file photo dated 08 December 2006 shows the then Saudi Arabia’s Chief of General Intelligence, Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, addressing the third International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) regional security summit, in Manama, Bahrain. (EPA/MAZEN MAHDI)

Profile: Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 2, 2013 | Profiles

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat-Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, is the 35th son of founder King Abdul Aziz Al Saud. He was born in the city of Riyadh in 1945, and grew up in the care of his father King Abdul Aziz, may he rest in peace, studying at...

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File photo of Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri (AAA)

Asharq Al-Awsat Profile: Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri

by Amir Taheri | Feb 1, 2013 | Profiles

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A man for all seasons. This is how Iran’s intellectual elite knew Yahya Sadeq-Vaziri who died in Tehran aged 101 on Wednesday. The sobriquet fitted a remarkable man with a remarkable life. Sadeq-Vaziri was born when Iran was ruled by the...

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Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)

Profile: Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 19, 2013 | Profiles

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mokhtar Belmokhtar has become internationally notorious following this week’s siege on Algeria’s In Amenas gas processing plant. As the siege entered its fourth day, the standoff between the Algerian army and Al Qaeda linked gunmen...

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Prince Faisal Bin Salman

Profile: Prince Faisal Bin Salman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2013 | Profiles

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat – He has served as Chairman of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), the premier publishing house in the Middle East, since September 2002. Prior to that, Prince Faisal worked as an assistant professor at King Saud University in...