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A Syrian man comforts a boy amid the rubble of buildings following a reported air strike on the neighborhood of al-Kalasa in Aleppo. / AFP / THAER MOHAMMEDTHAER MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty

Syrian Regime Paves Way for Warlords to Join Reconstruction Process

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2016 | Middle East

Damascus-The Syrian regime has saved no effort to left financially exploit the people, recently eying the jewelry of women; that is if there is any left after five years of war. A recent statement by the Minister of Administrative Development Hasan Nouri revealed that...

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Opinion: The Human Body as a Weapon of War

by Amir Taheri | Jul 29, 2016 | Opinion

Each time a new atrocity is committed in the name of Islam in a Western country, the government and the network of think-tanks are put in high gear to face the inevitable question: what can we do to stop this black series? Typically, three answers are offered. The...

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In Defense of Tony Blair

by Amir Taheri | Jul 9, 2016 | World

In the past few days the bulk of the British media and a good part of the political-intellectual elite have been indulging in a new favorite sport: lynching Tony Blair. Headlines and streamers in newspapers from all parts of the political spectrum have used such words...

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Yemane Gebreab, an Eritrean Presidential Advisor / Reuters

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by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2016 | World

Geneva –Eritrean government informed U.N. Human Rights Council that Ethiopia is planning to launch a full scale war against its territory, as he defended his country against allegations of crimes against humanity. On June 21, Eritrea and Ethiopia clashed with each...

Fleeing Syrian Grounds, 11 Asylum Seekers Dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2016 | Middle East

Activists and a monitoring group on Sunday reported the death of at least 11 Syrians, mostly from one family, attempting to cross into Turkey from northwestern Syria. The reports accused Turkish border patrol responsible for the shooting which took down the refugees....