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Former Adviser to Bush: Saudi Arabia Warned Us of Iran and We are Surprised by Obama’s Stance

by Joseph Braude | Mar 18, 2016 | World

The former Homeland Security Adviser to former US President George W. Bush Frances Townsend said that she sympathises with how Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, feel about the change in the Obama administration’s policies towards them. In an interview...

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U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Senegal’s President Macky Sall to Air Force One, as Obama departs Dakar, June 28, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

Obama yet to have African legacy like predecessors

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 28, 2013 | World

Senegal, AP—President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father’s home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors. Presidents Bill...

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Graffiti of a Syrian opposition flag. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)

Opinion: A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 23, 2013 | Opinion

Does Syria have any friends left? This is a good question which should be raised before the G11 or the core “Friends of Syria” group meet in Jordan before the promised Geneva 2 conference takes place. What precisely do some Friends of Syria want? Do all of those...