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The meeting of Hafez Assad with Kamal Jumblat. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Kamal Jumblat to Assad: I Won’t Enter your Big Golden Cage

by Nazeer Rida | Mar 16, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Tawfiq Sultan, a former official in the “National Movement”, recalls all the details of a meeting held between Lebanese Druze leader Kamal Jumblat and former Syrian President Hafez Assad, 40 years after the assassination of his comrade. At this famous meeting,...

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The CIA sign is seen onstage before the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama to speak following a meeting with his National Security Council at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

CIA Expects Downfall of Syria after Hafez al-Assad

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 24, 2017 | World

Washington- CIA interest in the future of Syria began long time ago – the agency analysts expected stability to collapse once the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad is gone, which turned out to be true. Several reports and analyses were made on Syria, according to...

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Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, hold a banner bearing a portrait of one of their leaders, Mohamed al-Zoari, who was killed in Tunisia, during a ceremony in his memory on December 18, 2016, in Gaza City. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS)

Repercussions of Zoari’s Assassination in Tunisia

by Kamal Ben Younes | Dec 26, 2016 | Features

Tunisia- The assassination of the Tunisian Engineer Mohamed al-Zoari has sparked wide popular protests in the country calling the government to hold the parliament and media responsible for the security and political failure amid indications on reconstructing the...

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during the opening of the first and second phases of the housing project “Long Live Egypt”, which focuses on development in the country’s slums, at Al-Asmarat district in Al Mokattam area, east of Cairo, Egypt May 30, 2016 – REUTERS

Top Government Officials Convene following High-rank Officer Assassination in Egypt

by Mohamed Hassan Shaban | Oct 23, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- In a remarkable development, some armed men have assassinated on Saturday a high-rank officer infront of his house. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held a meeting for top government officials in which he called for increasing security in vital...

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This undated file photo shows Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Iraq Thamer Al-Sabhan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iran Plots to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador to Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 21, 2016 | Middle East

London – It seems that Iran is plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq Thamer al-Sabhan using RPJ7 rockets on his armored car. Informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Iraqi Shia militias have three plots to attack and that the militias...