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Carter Confirms Continuation of US Support For Iraq’s War on Terror

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

The Prime Minister of the Iraqi government Haider Al-Abadi yesterday held talks with the US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter who arrived in the Iraqi capital yesterday. They discussed the progress of military operations against ISIS in Mosul and the latest...

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on Friday. AFP

Philippine President’s Hitler Remarks ‘Troubling’ for Pentagon Chief

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 1, 2016 | World

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Friday criticized the “deeply troubling” remarks by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in which he likened his deadly war on crime to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s efforts to exterminate Jews. Duterte’s comments...

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The logo of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is seen at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, April 13, 2016. AFP

CIA Reviews Valuable ISIS Documents

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Washington-The Central Intelligence Agency is reviewing highly important documents belonging to ISIS. These documents could not only help the battle for control over Manbij in northern Syria, but also follow the track of fighters who have moved there as a result of...

U.S. Documents: the Khomeini Wave Was Blessed by the White House

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 5, 2016 | Middle East, World

London- Recently declassified documents revealed that Washington had shown undue leniency to the Ayatollah Khomeini scheme and mission of the Wilayat al-Faqih, otherwise known as the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist. At the peak of negotiations, Khomeini requested...

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On 27 January, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , Getty Images

Two-Week Negotiations between Khomeini and U.S. Took Down Pahlavi

by Adel al-Salmi | Jun 4, 2016 | Middle East, World

London- Confidential documents recently released by the CIA revealed details on what had happened in the few last weeks preceding Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s overthrow. The documents expose the works of the White House and U.S. embassy in Tehran. Records released by BBC...