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A photograph dating back to the 20th of November showing the Charles de Gaulle French aircraft carrier as it leaves the Port of Toulon (E.P.A)

France and Germany Open the European Window to Assad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 28, 2015 | World

France provoked a diplomatic uproar by opening a window to Assad’s regime in Syria and expressing the possibility of cooperating with the Syrian Armed Forces to fight ISIS. German statements revealed that there are features of a coordinated European position in this...

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File picture shows Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani standing next to his son Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha (Reuters Photo)

Opinion: Qatar, the Gulf and Emir Tamim

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion

I would not be being honest if, in the wake of Sheikh Tamim becoming Emir, I described Qatar’s future as being a period of either continuity or change. Will the country continue to travel in the same direction, and at the same pace as it did under his father, Sheikh...

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In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency Press Service, President Abdullah Gul, center, watches as Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, left, shakes hands with Turkey’s Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz before their talks at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Murat Cetinmuhurdar)

Saudi Arabia-Turkey strengthen defense cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 22, 2013 | Middle East

Ankara/Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed a key defense industry agreement. Crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, deputy prime minister and defense minister, witnessed the signing of the bilateral agreement on the first day of his...

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (center), flanked by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (left) and caretaker premier Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (center right) is welcomed by hostesses bearing Chinese flags upon his arrival at Pakistan’s Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi on May 22, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/STR

China’s Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 22, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters—China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li...