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Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May, who is due to take over as prime minister on Wednesday, waves as she leaves after a cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street, in central London, Britain July 12, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

May’s First Job as British PM Is to Set Up Brexit Ministry

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 13, 2016 | World

Theresa May will step into power on Wednesday, replacing British Prime Minister David Cameron who resigned after the EU Referendum result in June. Cameron is expected to hand in his resignation to the Queen after his last Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of...

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Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Belgium’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders and Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (L-R) attend a press conference after a foreign minister meeting of the EU founding members in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

EU Ministers Call for Quick Brexit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 26, 2016 | World

London- Six EU founding members met in Berlin Saturday to call UK for quick exit of European Union. Ministers at the meeting also waved possible invoke of Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty, which begins two-year exit proceedings. For that matter, EU had assigned Belgium...

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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem speaks during a press conference in the capital Damascus, on June 24, 2013. AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA

Opinion: Syria and the secret decisions

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jun 25, 2013 | Opinion

The foreign ministers of the Friends of Syria group recently ratified a plan in Doha to provide sophisticated military aid to the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The decision hopes to redress the imbalance of power on the ground, and compel Bashar Al-Assad to respond to peace...