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Then US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker event on the nuclear agreement with Iran, in New York August 11, 2015. (Reuters)

Will September be Decisive for the Nuclear Agreement?

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 17, 2017 | Opinion

Two frustrating years out of ten have passed since the nuclear agreement was signed. The world is stepping into the third year of an agreement described by US President Donald Trump as the worst in ages. It is obvious that September will be decisive for the nuclear...

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Rohingya refugees reach for food aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. (AFP)

Obama’s Myanmar Legacy in Trouble and it’s not Trump’s Fault

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 3, 2017 | Features

One of former President Barack Obama’s greatest foreign policy achievements is at risk, and it has nothing to do with his successor, said an Associated Press report on Sunday. Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation that Obama helped usher back to democracy, has...

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This file photo taken on June 28, 2017 shows protesters against the US Senate Republicans’ healthcare bill holding a rally outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB / AFP

Republican Obamacare Repeal Bill Fails

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2017 | World

In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, US Senate Republicans failed spectacularly on Friday to dismantle Obamacare. Voting in the early hours, three Republican senators, John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, crossed party lines to join Democrats in a...

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A bit too friendly. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Obama Choked on Russia Long Before the 2016 Election

by Eli Lake | Jun 30, 2017 | Opinion

“I feel like we sort of choked.” That is the killer quote in an extraordinary Washington Post investigation into how Barack Obama responded to intelligence last year that Russia was running a sophisticated influence operation against the 2016 elections....

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Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. (AFP)

Qatar and The Role that was

by Ghassan Charbel | May 29, 2017 | Opinion

I tried to understand the new crisis in Qatari-Saudi relations, which is also one in Qatari-Gulf relations. Based on a logical calculation, Qatar has an interest in being a natural and effective member of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Developments over the past two...