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Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa speaking with journalists at a conference focused on combating international terror financing in Manama, Bahrain, on November 9, 2014. (AP/Hasan Jamali)

Bahrain FM: Iran nuclear deal “does not address” all sources of tension with Tehran

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 10, 2015 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The nuclear deal reached between Iran and six world powers fails to address Tehran’s destabilizing activities in the region, Bahrain’s top diplomat has warned. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh...

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President Barack Obama, right, meets with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House, on Friday, September 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Saudi King Salman, Obama discuss Yemen, Syria, Iran deal at White House summit

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 5, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz met with US President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday in his first official visit to the United States since becoming King. The two leaders discussed regional issues, including efforts to...

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FILE – In this Jan. 27, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama meets Saudi Arabian King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Obama administration is greeting King Salman of Saudi Arabia with assurances that a nuclear deal with Iran also comes with the necessary resources to help check its regional ambitions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Opinion: King Salman in Washington

by Salman Al-dossary | Sep 4, 2015 | Opinion

By choosing the United States to be the destination of his first visit since acceding to the Saudi throne, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has dismissed speculation that the honeymoon between Washington and Riyadh is coming to an end. Both...

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A handout picture made available on 24 June 2015 by the Supreme leader official website shows Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking during a meeting with Iranian government in Tehran, Iran on June 23, 2015. (EPA/SUPREME LEADER OFFICIAL WEBSITE)

Iran’s Khamenei backs parliamentary vote on nuclear deal with powers, criticizes US: state TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, Reuters—Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Thursday he favored a parliamentary vote on its nuclear deal reached with world powers and called for sanctions against Tehran to be lifted completely rather than suspended, state television reported. President...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) leaves an elevator after his meeting with Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: The True Face of the Iranian Regime

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Aug 30, 2015 | Opinion

The Iranian regime’s bad reputation is not merely propaganda that has been fabricated against it ever since the revolution against the Shah—as it maintains. It is actually the true face of a regime that has for more than 36 years exported conflict, revolution,...