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The US Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames in the 2012 attack. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)

CIA Officers Detail Part of Benghazi Attack at Abu Khattala’s Trial

by Spencer S. Hsu | Oct 16, 2017 | Middle East

Washington- A CIA witness testified Tuesday that the body of US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was returned after the September 2012 attacks on US facilities in Benghazi, Libya, only after he overheard Libyan fighters discussing whether to tell Americans about a...

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US President Donald Trump (left) King Salman (right) (Asharq Al-Awsat)

King Salman Praises US Strategy on Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh – Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz has affirmed his country’s support to the US strategy towards Iran. During a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Saturday, King Salman welcomed the firm strategy announced...

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Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives at a Capitol Hill rally to “Stop the Iran Nuclear Deal” in Washington, September 9, 2015. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Blowing up the Nuclear Agreement

by Salman Al-dossary | Oct 15, 2017 | Opinion

It was a matter of time before the clock ticks to reconsider the Iranian nuclear agreement, repeatedly described by US President Donald Trump as “the worst deal ever”. It is the worst. Trump needed 10 months to start an actual confrontation with Iran, while Obama took...

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U.S. journalist Jason Rezaian gestures as he poses for media people in front of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Rezaian was released from an Irani prison last Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Advocates for Americans Held in Iran Worried by Trump’s Hard Line

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 15, 2017 | World

London — Advocates for Americans imprisoned by Iranian authorities said on Friday they were concerned the Trump administration’s hard line on Iran would close off the chance for talks to secure the prisoners’ release. In a major shift in US policy, President Donald...

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A US airman guides a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone as it taxis to the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith/Files

Afghan Officials: US Drone Kills 14 ISIS Militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | World

A US drone strike has killed 14 ISIS militants in a remote area in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, Afghan officials said Saturday. Abdul Ghani Musamim, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the strike took place on Thursday afternoon in the Chawkay...