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“Horror Stories” From Assad’s Prisons Where 17,000 People Have Died Over a Five Year Period

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 19, 2016 | Middle East

Amnesty International reported the deaths of more than 17,000 prisoners in the Syrian regime’s prisons during a period of five years. The organisation documented “horror stories” about torture that includes scalding with hot water and beating detainees to death....

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Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 9, 2016. Bundesregierung/Guido Bergmann/Handout via REUTERS

Germany Extols Turkish Security Cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2016 | World

Germany’s interior minister praised Turkey on Thursday for excellent cooperation in fighting terrorism. The commendation came in an apparent effort to row back from a dispute with Ankara after a leaked government memo directed allegations against Turkey of being...

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Opinion: To Those Celebrating the Chilcot Report

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 8, 2016 | Opinion

One can pick out what one wants to from the Chilcot report that took nearly seven years to complete and comprises of more than one a half million words. However, the huge report does not contain a single accusation of criminality against the then British Prime...

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Report Expects Increase in Pay for Employees in Saudi Industry Sector by 5%

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-An economic report expected an increase in employees’ wages in the Saudi industrial sector by 5 percent in 2017, at a consistent pace with the previous 2 years, according to the latest Salary Budget Planning Study released by Willis Towers Watson. Based on the...

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Parties Troubled by Saudi’s Role Pushed For the Coalition’s Inclusion in the Offensive Report

by Jordan Dakamseh | Jun 8, 2016 | Middle East

After the diplomatic success achieved at the UN by Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Arab Coalition that support legitimacy in Yemen, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon took action to remove the coalition from the report on children and...