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Opinion: The Middle East Between Neo-Ottomans and Neo Safavids

by Amir Taheri | Oct 28, 2016 | Opinion

As the campaign to take back Mosul from ISIS continues, the chorus demanding the division of Iraq is back centre stage. That chorus has a long history and has been heard on many occasions whenever Iraq, in its present form as a nation-state, has been in crisis. What...

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Iran Fears Being Side-lined by Russia in Syria

by Amir Taheri | Oct 21, 2016 | Features

In September 2015 when Russia first became militarily involved in the Syrian conflict, the narrative in Tehran went something like this: Quds Corps Commander General Qassem Soleimani visited Moscow, held talks with President Vladimir Putin and persuaded him to join...

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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) react around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Christophe

Obama Hands over Assad’s Fate to Putin, Syria Opposition Demands Rearmament

by Thaer Abbas, Caroline Akoum and Fatah Al-Rahman | Oct 17, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Riyadh- It has become evidently clear that U.S. President Barack Obama has handed over the fate of the Syrian regime head, Bashar al-Assad, to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The above conclusion can be drawn out a series of statements recently issued by the White...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (top-C) arrives on October 15, 2016 in Lausanne to meet with his Russian counterpart in a bid to ease the bloodshed in Syria, AFP

Lausanne Talks, the Search for Syria Peace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

Talks seeking a settlement for the situation in Syria opened once again in the Swiss lakeside town of Lausanne on Saturday, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hunting for a new path to peace after failing to secure a ceasefire in direct talks with Russia. Kerry...

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Damaged buildings in Jouret al-Shayah, Homs, Syria, on February 2, 2013. Reuters/Yazen Homsy

Iran’s Participation in Lausanne Meeting Fuels Clash of Power in Tehran

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

London-Iran had not yet decided whether it would participate in the meeting on Syria expected to be held in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Saturday, amid signs of disputes over the issue between the government of President Hassan Rouhani and the Revolutionary Guards....