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Carter Page speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow in July. (AP)

Former Trump Aide Questions Russia Spy Claims

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2017 | World

Washington – Russian agents tried to infiltrate the electoral campaign of Donald Trump through his advisors, revealed US media. CNN reported that agents tried to use Trump’s former foreign policy advisor Carter Page in order to influence the US presidential elections....

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President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago . (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

It’ll Take More Than a Missile Strike to Clean Up Obama’s Mess in Syria

by Robert Kagan | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion

American missile strikes against Syria are a critical first step toward protecting civilians from the threat of chemical weapons, and President Trump deserves credit for doing what the Obama administration refused to do. But Thursday’s action needs to be just the...

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman meet at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Reforming the Saudi-US Alliance

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 19, 2017 | Opinion

Even though the political positions of the new US administration have been positive and in compliance with the stances of its Gulf allies, the visit of the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince to the US has reformed the strategic alliance between Riyadh and Washington. We could...

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A US drone lands at Afghanistan’s Jalalabad Airport where a US C-130 military transport plane crashed in Jalalabad on Oct 2, 2015. AFP

White House Mulls Lowering Threshold on Acceptable Civilian Casualties in Drone Strikes

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Mar 15, 2017 | World

Washington- The Trump administration is close to finishing a review that would make it easier for the Pentagon to launch counterterrorism strikes anywhere in the world by lowering the threshold on acceptable civilian casualties and scaling back other constraints...

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Exterior of Camp Delta is seen at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. (Reuters)

US Attorney General Describes Guantanamo as ‘Very Fine Place’

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Mar 11, 2017 | World

Washington – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday that he had advised President Donald Trump to send detainees from US wars to Guantanamo Bay Prison, which he deemed a “very fine place.” He said that placing the prisoners in the wartime prison...