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European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Reuters)

EU FMs: No Future for Assad in Post-Conflict Syria

by Abdullah Mustafa | Apr 4, 2017 | Middle East

Brussels – European Union foreign ministers adopted Monday a common strategy on Syria, on the eve of the Brussels Conference “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”. Addressing reporters on the sidelines of a meeting in Luxembourg, EU High Representative...

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Construction workers at a building site of new housing units in the Jewish settlement of Neve Yaakov, in the northern area of east Jerusalem in December 2016. (AFP)

Israel’s Approval of New Settlements Draws International Criticism

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 2, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed his disappointment over the recent Israeli decision to build a new settlement on land the Palestinians seek for a state. He voiced his alarm at the development and condemned the move, his...

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (L) shakes hands with Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla during their meeting in Havana March 11, 2016. Reuters

EU Normalizes Relations with Cuba

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 13, 2016 | World

Brussels- The European Union and Cuba signed a political accord on Monday that the EU hopes will position its companies for Cuba’s transition to a more open economy and allow it to press for political freedoms on the island. In the biggest diplomatic breakthrough...

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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, pictured on January 16, 2016. (AFP Photo/Joe Klamar)

EU Says Fall of Aleppo won’t End Syria War as Rebels Lose more Ground

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 3, 2016 | Middle East

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is convinced the fall of rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo to the regime would not end the war in the country, she said on Saturday. “I’m convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the...

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Afghan children play on a destroyed armored vehicle in Kabul June 30, 2013. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Donors Pledge $15 Billion in Aid to Afghanistan

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2016 | World

Washington, Brussels – International donors have pledged $15.2 billion in aid to help Afghanistan until 2020. The European Union, co-hosting a donor conference in Brussels, struggled to raise the funds, given the increasingly powerful insurgency and widespread...