Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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If only he knew what it meant.
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The Case for Cluelessness

by Clive Crook | Feb 15, 2017 | Opinion

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has maintained the freeze on the presidential order. Its reasoning is concise and accessible, and deserves wide reading. The ruling didn’t break any constitutional ground and it didn’t clarify anything that was...

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Members of the Saudi security forces take part in a military parade in preparation for the annual Haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Al-Awamiyah Riots..Five Years Later: The State Prevails

by Salman Al-dossary | Feb 9, 2017 | Opinion

Five years have passed since Saudi Arabia’s eastern costal village, al-Awamiyah, witnessed turmoil, disorder and rabble-rousing speech that resulted to riots inciting sectarian strife. Shootings, bottle bombs, murder and terrorist acts targeted citizens, institutional...

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Putin’s looking to restore Russian influence in Libya.
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Watch Libya for the First Sign of Trump-Putin Collaboration

by Leonid Bershidsky | Feb 6, 2017 | Opinion

Those who are waiting for the first signs of cooperation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should keep an eye on Libya. The scene of an open rivalry between the European Union and Russia could suddenly turn on Trump, who could...

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Protesters near the White House on Wednesday. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times

Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal

by DAVID J. BIER | Jan 30, 2017 | Opinion

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the ban indefinitely. But the order is...

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MOVING SLOWLY. IT’S A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AFTER ALL.
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Trump Avoids Making a Trade Promise He Can’t Keep

by Eli Lake | Jan 29, 2017 | Opinion

Donald Trump’s first week as president has been a bad one for free trade. He suggested a new 20 percent tariff for imports from Mexico. He formally withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said he would start renegotiating the North American...