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US President Barack Obama (R) meets with his national security staff to discuss the situation in Syria in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, in this file handout photo taken August 30, 2013. REUTERS/Pete Souza/White House/Handout via Reuters/Files

Obama says Iran can learn from Syria chemical crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2013 | Middle East

Washington and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—US president Barack Obama has revealed that he has exchanged letters with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in what could be a first step towards an improvement in relations between the two countries. Obama, however, warned his...

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Iran’s national flags are seen on a square in Tehran in this file photo taken on February 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files)

Iran: Revolutionary Guards naval chief denies preparing for US strike on Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 16, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has not altered its military operations in the Gulf in response to American threats to strike Syria, the organization’s chief of naval forces has said. “The current situation in the Persian Gulf...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry, (L), and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, (R), speak after making statements following meetings regarding Syria, at a news conference at the Geneva, Switzerland, 14 September 2013. (EPA)

Opinion: Syria and the Unenforceable Agreement

by Tariq Alhomayed | Sep 16, 2013 | Opinion

The Americans and the Russians have agreed to destroy the Assad regime’s arsenal of chemical weapons after three days of negotiations in Geneva. The agreement could be described as akin to buying fish in the sea, and it is difficult to believe it would succeed, or...

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President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama says Syria deal could offer lesson for Iran talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2013 | Middle East

Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama disclosed in a television interview broadcast on Sunday that he had exchanged letters with new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and said diplomacy on Syria, backed up by a military threat, is a potential model for negotiating...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry, (L), and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, (R), speak after making statements following meetings regarding Syria, at a news conference at the Geneva, Switzerland, 14 September 2013. (EPA)

SNC rejects US–Russian agreement on Syria

by Nazeer Rida | Sep 15, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian opposition has said it rejects the US–Russian deal to set a framework for the Bashar Al-Assad regime to destroy its chemical arsenal, pledging to continue steps to bring down the regime. Following three days of intense negotiations,...