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A man walks towards the Central Bank in Tunis December 27, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
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Russian President Putin watches the launch of a missile during naval exercises in Russia’s Arctic North on board the nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), Aug. 17, 2005. REUTERS
Arctic..New Contact Line in Cold War with NATO
Moscow – On the military level, the North Pole is the intersecting point of the Russian border with that of the NATO, especially U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway. This region is of high importance to Russia since the Soviet Union age, namely that the greatest...Caption:
Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Rostam Ghasemi talks to journalists as he arrives at a hotel for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, conference in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, May 30, 2012. (AP /Hans Punz)
Iran steps up energy, economic support to Syria
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran renewed its readiness to “provide Syria with all elements of support, including supplying its energy requirements” during a meeting with a Syrian economic delegation in Tehran on Sunday. The meeting saw Syrian minister of petroleum,...Caption:
A view of the Euphrates river during sunset in Raqqa province, east Syria, May 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib)
Trouble Downstream
While the fighting in Syria rages on, another threat to its people is steadily growing—one that may worsen the struggles of today and haunt the entire region tomorrow: thirst. Specifically, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, waterways that have been at the heart of the...Caption:
Syrian refugees walk amongst UNHCR tents at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, on August 6. (AFP PHOTO)