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FILE — In this March 1, 2015 file photo, Yemeni airport, security and transportation officials greet a plane from the Iranian private airline, Mahan Air after it lands in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Commercial Airliner Flying Fighters, Weapons from Tehran to Damascus

by Adel al-Salmi | Aug 28, 2016 | Middle East

London- At a time when Iran is investing the Nuclear Deal to develop its fleet, U.S. media sources renewed fears that Iranian air companies linked to the Revolutionary Guards would use those jets to send weapons and fighters to Syria. A report published by Forbes said...

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U.S. House Passes Bill to Block Boeing Aircraft Sales to Iran

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 9, 2016 | World

Washington-The House of Representatives has passed a measure that would block U.S. aircraft sales to Iran, potentially undercutting a Boeing deal with Tehran worth up to $25 billion. But the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, Bahram Ghasemi, held the U.S....

Airbus to Launch Aviation Innovation Challenge in Saudi Arabia

by Fahd Baqmi | Jun 16, 2016 | Business

Jeddah–Airbus has announced its plan to establish training incubators in Saudi Arabia to attract innovators in the air transport industry. General Manager of Airbus Middle East Fouad Attar told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper: “The multi-phase “Entaliq with Airbus” is a...

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Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Security Council during a meeting on Iraq on September 19, 2014 at UN headquarters in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Getty Images, AFP

Airbus Confirms Obstacles Hampering Iranian Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 2, 2016 | Business

London-Concerns in the financial community over deals with Iran are hampering Airbus Group SE’s ability to close a multibillion-dollar aircraft deal with Tehran, the European plane maker’s head of sales said Wednesday. “We have to find ways to get money out of Iran...

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U.S. Navy LT. JG Dylon Porlas looks through the window of a U.S. Navy aircraft, searching the area in the Mediterranean where the Egyptair flight 804 crashed. AP

Official Says EgyptAir Remains Suggest Blast, Head of Forensics Denies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

The human remains retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir flight 804 crashed last week suggest there was an explosion on board, a senior Egyptian forensics official said on Tuesday. The official said all 80 pieces brought to Cairo so far are small and that...