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Tarek El Aissami. (Getty Images)

Tareck El Aissami… Venezuela’s Next President?

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 5, 2017 | Features

London – Perhaps “state of doubt” could be the term that most accurately describes the current situation in Venezuela, this Latin American country that used to be one of the richest in the world due to is massive oil reserves. Now, the country is suffering from a...

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French President Emmanuel Macron receives US President Donald Trump in Paris in July. (AFP)

Macron Impresses in Diplomacy, Initiatives on Syria, Libya and Palestine

by Michel Abu Najm | Aug 3, 2017 | Features

Paris – Three months-and-a-half after his election as French president, Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has started to slip in opinion polls, as demonstrated by three surveys conducted in the past ten days. An Ifop poll on July 23 showed that he lost ten points from his...

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Souhayla, a 16-year-old girl who escaped ISIS after three years of captivity, at her uncle’s home in Shariya Camp, Iraq. Credit Alex Potter for The New York Times

Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’

by Rukmini Callimachi | Jul 29, 2017 | Middle East

SHARIYA CAMP, Iraq — The 16-year-old lies on her side on a mattress on the floor, unable to hold up her head. Her uncle props her up to drink water, but she can barely swallow. Her voice is so weak, he places his ear directly over her mouth to hear her. The girl,...

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Google Combats ISIS through Limiting Related Search Results

by Mohammed Ali Saleh and Khaldoun Ghassan Saeed | Jul 29, 2017 | Technology

Washington, Jeddah – The spokesman for the global coalition to defeat ISIS announced that May witnessed a drop of 92 percent in Twitter links that take users to pro-ISIS websites. He told al-Hurra television on Friday that the coalition had set up a hashtag on Twitter...

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Simorgh rocket is launched and tested at the Imam Khomeini Space Centre, Iran, in this handout photo released by Tasnim News Agency on July 27, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Tehran Confused About New American Sanctions

by Amir Taheri | Jul 29, 2017 | World

As the US moves a step closer to imposing a panoply of harsher sanctions on Iran, the leadership in Tehran appears divided in its interpretation of the new challenge. The fact that “Supreme Guide” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not yet fully commented on the proposed...