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Signs of New Regional Alliance

by Amir Taheri | Feb 25, 2017 | Features

London- It was only last month that political circles in Ankara, Moscow and Tehran were abuzz about a new triple alliance of Turkey, Russia and Iran to end the conflict in Syria and reshape the Middle East. A summit, slated for early March, was supposed to give that...

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Fayez al-Sarraj speaks at a press conference in Tripoli. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

Possible Alliance between Ghwell, al-Thani against Libya’s U.N.-Backed Government

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 14, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Libya’s National Salvation government of Khalifa Ghwell is mulling to form an alliance with the government of Abdullah al-Thani that is allied with the parliament. Such an alliance is aimed at confronting Libya’s U.N.-backed government of Fayez al-Sarraj....

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Prominent Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Return of Sadr to Iraqi National Alliance Raises Questions

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 2, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Ammar Al-Hakim, head of the Iraqi National Alliance, seemed happy as he announced the return of the Sadrist movement to the Iraqi National Alliance. The announcement was made during a press conference at the house of Hakim with the presence of Prime Minister...

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Yemen Consultations: Breakthrough Follows Stumbling Blocks

by Arafat Madabish | May 10, 2016 | Middle East

Yemen consultations in Kuwait resumed on Monday after they were suspended for two days. The resumption is a result of diplomatic efforts made by the Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the ambassadors of the 18 countries...

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9/11 Commission’s Former Leaders Refute Saudi Involvement in the Attacks

by Joseph Braude | May 7, 2016 | World

American political commentators and former government officials have accused the Obama Administration of a thinly veiled attempt to manipulate the American public discussion, at a time of growing disenchantment with the Iranian nuclear deal, by training the media’s...