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Opinion: The Russians and the Iranian Base

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 25, 2016 | Opinion

The confusion that accompanied the announcement of an agreement under which Iran granted Russia use of a military air base in Hamadan is unworthy of serious discussion. News agencies are preoccupied with the news and some have reported that the Iranian parliament...

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File photo—Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman (C) meets with members of “March 14” coalition at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut on June 18, 2013. (Reuters/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanon government negotiations still deadlocked

by Caroline Akoum | Jul 14, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hopes of a breakthrough in Lebanon’s fraught attempts to form a new government have been dashed, with several issues remaining unresolved, according to observers. Prime minister-designate Tammam Salam and his opponents have reportedly failed to...