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U.N. Chief Calls for Lifting U.S. Travel Ban

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 1, 2017 | World

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged the immediate lifting a U.S. ban on travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying the measures would not prevent terrorists from entering the United States. “I think that these...

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Opinion: Trump, Iran and Mixing Issues

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 1, 2017 | Opinion

We have wasted many years by not differentiating between our interests and those of Iran and by not differentiating between true causes and fake ones. Iran’s regime has succeeded in exploiting our issues; the Palestinian issue and Arab and Muslim issues, and it...

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Opinion: Dialogue With Iran is an Unrealistic Idea

by Salman Al-dossary | Jan 5, 2017 | Opinion

The story is not about the terrorist attack on a prison in Bahrain using pistols and automatic rifles in the style of films that resulted in a police officer being killed and 10 dangerous prisoners to escape. Nor was it about the planning that accompanied the...

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Opinion: The Ethiopian Dam Between Egypt and Saudi Arabia

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 26, 2016 | Opinion

The image of the Saudi minister Ahmed Al-Khatib visiting the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam appears to have been an excuse for a media exchange that turned the relationship between Riyadh and Cairo from an intimate one to one where bad language is used. Even if we assume...

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Campaign to Conscript Syrian Men Pushes Them to Emigrate

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 21, 2016 | Middle East

A new wave of desertion is taking place amongst young people who are wanted for conscription in Syria at the same time that the Syrian regime is launching a new campaign to conscript young civilians that remain to the Syrian army. Hundreds of young men desert the army...