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Mohammad Alloush of the Jaish al Islam faction and member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) attends a news conference after a meeting with U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura during Syria Peace talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 13, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

HNC Member: Heading to Astana to Affirm Commitment to Ceasefire

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- ​Mohammad Alloush of the Jaish al-Islam faction and member of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said that the purpose of opposition’s participation in Astana negotiations is to affirm commitment to the ceasefire, release arrestees in the regime prisons and...

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ustodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Speaker of Canadian Senate (SPA)

Speaker of Canadian Senate Lauds Saudi Role in Achieving Regional Peace

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Speaker of Canadian Senate George Furey, currently visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after receiving an invitation from the Shura Council speaker Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Al-Shiekh, lauded the role being played by the Kingdom in bringing about peace to the region. Furey...

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In Paris: Another Vanity Confab on Palestine

by Amir Taheri | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion

Having promised to be as different from his predecessor as possible, France’s outgoing President Francois Hollande is set to end his five-year term as a poor caricature of Nicholas Sarkozy. To start with, like Sarkozy, he is to be a one-term president. Sarkozy had his...

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Smoke billows in the distance during clashes between Yemeni pro-government forces patrol and rebels about 30 kms north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait on 9 January, 2017 (AFP)

Ould Cheikh in Aden Soon to Discuss Revised U.N. Proposal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 12, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- U.N. Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will soon arrive at the temporary Yemeni capital, Aden, informed Yemeni sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday. The sources said Ould Cheik will carry a revised version of his vision for a political solution in...

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Opinion: Soleimani’s Occupations by War, Peace or Agreements

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 28, 2016 | Opinion

Those who are familiar with how Iran’s political institutions work explain General Qassem Soleimani’s intended appearances in pictures and films shot in Arab battlefields where his militias fight, and the broadcasting of them on TV and online social networks, as part...