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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Will Tillerson Side with Qatar?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 12, 2017 | Opinion

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet in Jeddah the top diplomats of the bloc of four countries boycotting Qatar over its support for terrorism and role in destabilizing the region. He will be confronted by a group of decisive foreign ministers who aren’t...

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Reuters/Jason Reed)

What Tillerson Didn’t Say Reminds Me of Obama

by Robert Ford | Jul 8, 2017 | Opinion

The July 5 statement from American Secretary of State Tillerson about Syria was the most detailed statement of the Trump administration’s goals in Syria. The Trump administration is often hard to understand, but this July 5 statement follows a cabinet-level meeting at...

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

‘Positive Chemistry’ between Trump, Putin in 1st Meeting

by Najlaa Habriri | Jul 8, 2017 | World

Hamburg- The meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Germany on Friday overshadowed the G20 summit. The two leaders discussed for more than two hours the crises in Syria and Ukraine, terrorism and cyber security, Russian...

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, US, June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

US Ready to Work with Russia on Syria ‘No-fly Zones’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2017 | Middle East

The United States is willing to work with Russia on establishing “no-fly zones” in Syria, the top US diplomat said Wednesday, ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin later this week. In a wide-ranging statement,...

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Shaikh Abdullah during a meeting with Rex Tillerson in Washington
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UAE Approves US Diplomatic Mediation for a Regional Solution

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2017 | Middle East

Abu Dhabi – The United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is also the country’s International Cooperation minister, approved on Wednesday the proposition on stabilizing the country put forth with US Secretary of State Rex...