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Pedro Agramunt. Photo courtesy of Council of Europe

European MP Resigns over Talks with Assad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2017 | Middle East

Strasbourg (France), London- Spanish politician Pedro Agramunt announced on Friday his resignation as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), just three days before the assembly was due to vote on his dismissal. Agramunt, the...

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ISIS members and their families are bussed towards Syria’s Deir al-Zour province on August 28, 2017 under a deal to end three years of extremist presence on the Syrian-Lebanese border. (AFP)

ISIS, ‘Hezbollah’ Deal Reveals Hidden Agendas

by Hani Nasira | Sep 4, 2017 | Features

Dubai – Recent developments have seen opposing extremist groups, both Sunni and Shi’ite, set aside their differences in order to achieve their interests. Survival instincts and Machiavellian schemes run deeper than ideological victories that only the people kill...

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Lebanese Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil. (NNA)

Lebanon’s Free Patriotic Movement Renews Call for ‘Direct Dialogue’ with Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Foreign Minister and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil reiterated on Saturday that there can be no resolution to Lebanon’s Syrian refugee crisis “without dialogue with the Syrian regime.” He therefore urged the Lebanese government to...

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Iranian Chief of Staff Muhamad Hussein Baqeri. (AFP)

Iran, Turkey and Russia Seek a New Triangle for the Region

by Amir Taheri | Aug 23, 2017 | Features

A high-level Turkish military-diplomatic delegation is expected to visit Tehran soon to “put final touches” to a strategic accord between Ankara and Tehran to help stabilize the Middle East, Iran’s Chief of Staff General Muhamad Hussein Baqeri revealed on Monday....

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Carla del Ponte. Reuters photo

Carla del Ponte: Enough Evidence to Convict Assad of War Crimes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2017 | Middle East

Vienna- The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, a prominent member of the commission, Carla del Ponte, said in remarks published on Sunday. Del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war crimes in Rwanda...