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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz greets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on March 2, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Bandar Al-Galoud)

Kingdom, Turkey look to patch up strained relationship

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Monday, as the two countries looked to patch up recently strained relations. Erdoğan, who was in the...

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Members of the Kurdish community wave flags and banners of convicted Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a demonstration calling for his release in Strasbourg, France, on February 14, 2015. (AFP Photo/Frederick Florin)

Jailed Kurdish leader calls on PKK to lay down arms

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 28, 2015 | World

Ankara, AP—Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his fighters to lay down arms as part of a peace process to end a 30-year insurgency, Turkey’s main Kurdish party said Saturday. Ocalan is asking his Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK,...

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SALADIN, IRAQ – FEBRUARY 26: Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi (R 5) gives the detail of an operation on the map as he visits military units in Taci District of Saladin, Iraq on February 26, 2015. The Iraqi army are preparinf for an operation that will be carried out against the Islamic State of Iraq […]

Opinion: It is Time for an Arab Strategy

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Feb 28, 2015 | Opinion

Several facts these days give the impression that the Arab world has no clear vision as to where it stands in the unfolding Middle East developments. Most Arab countries seem as if they are unable to respond rationally to these developments which now endanger their...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Erdoğan’s Dangerous Power Game

by Amir Taheri | Feb 27, 2015 | Opinion

According to Western governments, more than 12,000 of their citizens have traveled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in various capacities including frontline fighters. Estimates also show that 8,000 citizens of some 20 other...

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Emrullah İşler, former deputy PM of Turkey and President Erdoğan’s chief adviser on Libyan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Erdoğan aide: Turkey’s role in Libya subject of smear campaign

by Thair Abbas | Feb 17, 2015 | Interviews

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prior to 2011 Turkey was enjoying a resurgence in its relationship with its neighbors in the region and its popularity on the Arab street after years in the doldrums. But with the eruption of the wave of protests and revolutions dubbed the...