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Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen aim their weapons during clashes with ISIS, in Jurf Al-Sakhr, about 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on October 7, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: It is Safer to be Skeptical than Naive

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 16, 2014 | Opinion

Yet again, Washington has turned down all calls for safe havens and no-fly zones in Syria’s border areas. It has thus far refused to answer a vital question: If it really believes that “Bashar Al-Assad has no place in the future of Syria,” then what practical steps is...

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Susan Rice, the new National Security Advisor speaks as Samantha Power (L), newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and U.S. President Barack Obama listen after his announcement of the appointments in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, June 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

Obama picks loyalist Susan Rice as national security adviser

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2013 | World

Washington, Reuters— President Barack Obama chose close confidante Susan Rice as his new national security adviser on Wednesday, increasing White House control over foreign policy and defying Republican critics of her handling of last year’s deadly attack on a...