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US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Getty Images)

Trump Tasks New Team with Iran’s Nuclear File

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2017 | World

Washington – US President Donald Trump has assigned a new White House team with the task of following up on the nuclear agreement deal with Iran, reported Foreign Policy magazine on Saturday. With this decision, Trump has set aside the State Department, which was...

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US Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo/Photo: AFP

CIA Director Calls Assad ‘Puppet of the Iranians’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2017 | Middle East

London- CIA Director Mike Pompeo has launched a scathing attack on Iran, accusing it of adopting an expansionist policy to pursue regional hegemony and dubbing the head of the Syrian regime a “puppet of the Iranians.” The defeat of ISIS is America’s top priority at...

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CIA Director Micheal Pompeo hands the “George Tenet Medal” to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif at a reception ceremony in Riyadh, February 10, 2017. (Photo by SPA)

CIA Honors Saudi Crown Prince with ‘George Tenet Medal’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 11, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, was awarded on Friday the “George Tenet Medal,” a CIA honor in recognition of his efforts to fight terrorism. CIA Director Mike Pompeo handed out the crown prince the medal...

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Jeff Sessions,left, Mike Flynn, Mike Pompeo, right. Reuters

Trump Assigns Security, Immigration Hardliners

by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2016 | World

New York, Washington-The recent appointments announced by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday were greeted with widespread applause by his core supporters and other Republicans. However, these appointments raised the concerns of Democrats as they opposed the...