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US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP)

Arab NATO Plan Being Studied to Fight ISIS, Isolate Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2017 | Middle East

London, Brussels, Moscow – A NATO-style alliance for the Middle East was discussed on Thursday during a NATO summit, attended by US President Donald Trump in the Belgian capital Brussels, where leaders agreed to further discuss the so-called “Middle East Treaty...

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Saudi-US Bridge

by Ghassan Charbel | May 20, 2017 | Opinion

Something else could have happened on Saturday and Sunday. US President Donald Trump could have followed the example of previous presidents through making his first foreign visit to a close country in the American continent or to an Atlantic country. The impression...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz (SPA)

King Salman Invites Leaders to Arab, Islamic, US Summit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz sent a message to Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa inviting him to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit and the Arab, Islamic and US summit to be hosted in Saudi Arabia. King...

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French presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. (AFP)

‘Arab Voice’ in France to Vote for Macron

by Michel Abu Najm and Ulfat Qaddara | May 6, 2017 | World

Paris – French law prohibits carrying out surveys and opinion polls based on race or religion, so it is therefore difficult to reach conclusive results on who Arabs or Muslims will vote for in Sunday’s presidential elections. There are some five or six million...

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Smoke rises following an airstrike in western Mosul in the ongoing battle against ISIS. (AFP)

Iraqi Forces Open New Front West of Mosul

by Dalshad Abdullah | Apr 30, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Iraqi forces, backed by airstrikes by the international coalition and Iraqi air force, opened a new front in the battle for the city of Mosul. An officer in the Iraqi army, who chose to remain anonymous, told Asharq Al-Awsat that the new front has been opened...