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US Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, walks to the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 15, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / Jim WATSON)

Senator says US budget, debt deal in hand

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 16, 2013 | World

Washington, Associated Press—Senate leaders agreed to a bipartisan plan Wednesday to avert a threatened US default and reopen the federal government after a 16-day closure, according to a Republican senator. Stocks soared as the crisis that has gripped Washington for...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L), along with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey (R), testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ‘Proposed Authorization to Use Military Force in Syria’ in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 10 September 2013. (EPA/JIM LO SCALZO)

Opinion: On Syria, power lies with the legislature

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 11, 2013 | Opinion

The 2003 Iraq war which led to an expensive US and UK military presence in the country is overshadowing the debates taking place in Western capitals about launching military strikes on the Syrian regime in response to accusations of crossing red lines and using...

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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, during a ceremony to honor the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion team, the University of Connecticut Huskies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster.)

Opinion: On Syria, let’s return to the core debate

by Amir Taheri | Sep 6, 2013 | Opinion

The worst thing that could happen is for the Syrian crisis to be transformed into a US domestic politics issue. This is what happened in the case of Iraq which continues to arouse passions along the Potomac. The US spent a good deal of blood and wealth, as Americans...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to John Daniszewski, the Associated Press’s Senior Managing Editor for International News, unseen, during an AP interview at Putin’s Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin warns against Syria strike as US Congress debates authorization

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 4, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Russian president Vladimir Putin warned against international intervention in Syria in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, saying that plans for punitive action against the Syrian government could only be justified with UN backing. Speaking...

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President Barack Obama (center) pauses after speaking to media in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, before a meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Congressional leaders back Obama on Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 3, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Democrat and Republican leaders in the US Congress said they would back the White House’s plans for a military strike against the Syrian government following a meeting with President Obama on Tuesday morning. John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi,...