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A woman walks past election posters of Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad along a street in Damascus on June 2, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Al-Hariri)

Syria’s Election: “How can I vote for my killer?”

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Jun 3, 2014 | Features

Reyhanlı, Asharq Al-Awsat—Few people, either in or outside Syria, expect the Syrian presidential election to hold any surprises. “It is a sham election,” Anthony Franks, a Middle East expert with consulting firm Mars Omega, told me a few weeks ago as we discussed the...

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Turkish university students, who were protesting the explosions that killed tens of people in Reyhanli near the border with Syria last week, clashed with riot police at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.(AP Photo)

Antakya tensions escalate

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 17, 2013 | Features

Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the first day, the protests were small and spontaneous: two hundred people led down the main street by a man with a microphone. On the second day, they were bigger, and they circled the town center attracting curious crowds of onlookers...

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US President Barack Obama (2nd R) meets Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) as they sit with their delegations in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington May 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Turkish PM meets with Obama on Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 16, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet President Obama in Washington today, with the crisis in Syria expected to be high on the agenda. While the visit was also promoted as an attempt to boost economic ties and persuade...

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A man checks an apartment on a damaged building at the site of a blast in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province, near the Turkish-Syrian border, May 13, 2013. Source: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Driven to Distraction

by Karabekir Akkoyunlu | May 16, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

On May 11, two powerful car bombs ripped through the Turkish town of Reyhanlı on the Syrian border, killing at least 51 people. This was not only the worst cross-border spillover of the Syrian conflict to date—it was also the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s recent...

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The site of one of the explosions after several explosions killed at least 40 people and injured dozens in Reyhanli, near Turkey’s border with Syria, Saturday, May 11, 2013, (AP Photo/IHA)

Car bombs kill 40 in Turkey near Syrian border

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 11, 2013 | Middle East

Reyhanli, Reuters—Twin car bombs killed around 40 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday and Turkey said it suspected Syrian involvement. The bombing increased fears that Syria’s civil war was dragging in neighboring...