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Bahraini Minister of Justice Sheikh Khalid Bin Ali Al-Khalifa (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Bahrain: Militiamen Will be Tried in Military Courts

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Individuals involved in terror acts and militias supported and funded by foreign forces will be tried before military courts in the Gulf state Bahrain, national top officials disclosed. According to Bahrain’s state-owned news agency BNA, Justice Minister...

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Kataeb Party and National Liberal Party organized a demonstration on Saturday in front of the municipality of Beirut, protesting against extending the Parliament’s mandate/NNA

Electoral Law Crisis Deepens as Mashnouq Signs Electoral Decree Based on 1960 Law

by Paula Astih | Feb 19, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Lebanon has practically entered an open political crisis after Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouq signed a decree on Saturday calling on voters to participate in the next parliamentary elections based on the 1960 law, which President Michel Aoun rejects. The...

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President Aoun at the Baabda Presidential Palace on Monday receives a delegation of the executive committee of Middle East Churches/ NNA

Lebanon: Ball in Aoun’s Court to Solve Electoral Law Issue

by Paula Astih | Jan 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Most political groups had thrown the ball of the electoral law in the court of Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun after signs reflecting the size of difficulties surrounding the file. Political forces are divided between two camps: the first supports a law...

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Protesters demonstrate against France’s ban of the burkini, outside the French Embassy in London. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The “Burkini” Debate in France

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 4, 2017 | Features

Paris- France’s last summer was different after it witnessed many hot political and social incidents. Following the Nice attack, celebrations of the National Day turned into a disaster. Again, the term of “Islamic terrorism” and differences between this religion and...

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A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Extension of U.S.-Sanctions against Iran

by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 16, 2016 | World

Washington, London – U.S. President Barack Obama allowed on Thursday U.S. sanctions against Iran to be renewed, but have rejected in a surprise move to actually sign the legislation that brings the sanctions into force. The U.S. president was expected to sign...