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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters march through the streets of the Syrian town of Tell Abyad on January 2, 2014. (Reuters/Yaser Al-Khodor)

US State Department says Assad not partner in war on terror

by Heba El Koudsy | Jan 16, 2014 | Middle East

Washington and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—US officials denied holding any talks with the embattled Syrian government on Wednesday, following claims by a Syrian minister that Bashar Al-Assad’s government had held talks with Western intelligence agencies on the threat of...

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File photo of US State Department spokesman Alan Eyers. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

In Conversation with the US State Department’s Persian-Language Spokesman

by Ladan Salami | Sep 21, 2013 | Interviews

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Against the backdrop of the Russian–US agreement on the decommissioning of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with the US State Department’s Persian-language spokesman, Alan Eyre, about the deal, what will...

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A police trooper is seen manning a checkpoint in Sana’a August 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

US urges citizens to leave Yemen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 6, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US government has advised American citizens in Yemen to leave the country immediately and pulled out all “non-emergency” staff from its embassy in the capital Sana’a because of the risk of a terrorist attack. A warning posted on...

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Yemeni soldiers search a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the US embassy compound in Sana’a on August 4, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

US extends Middle East embassy closures

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US announced that several American embassies across the Middle East and Africa will remain closed this week, after more than 20 were closed on Sunday in response to warnings of a terrorist threat. According to a US State Department...