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Lebanon’s Bassil Eager to Take Part in Pope’s Reception in Baghdad

Iraq’s Scattered Christians Ask 'Should I Stay or Go?'

PIF: Forging Partnerships Places Saudi Arabia at Forefront of Developing Promising Sectors, Emerging Industries

SDC CEO: We Seek Investing $800 Mln in Infrastructure Development

Iraqi FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Current Tensions Demand Dialogue between Regional Countries

Iran Sets up ‘Recreational Complex’ South of Damascus to Consolidate its Influence

Iraq PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Are Destined to Rid Ourselves of Foreign Hegemony

Baghdad is preparing to welcome on Friday Pope Francis I, who will be embarking on a historic visit that underlines “coexistence and tolerance” and highlights Iraq’s efforts to restore the authority of its state institutions and its role in the region and world.

US ‘Conditional Proposal’ to Assad and Netanyahu 2011: Abandon Iran in Exchange for Restoring Golan

Syria and Israel, through American mediation, were on the verge of signing a peace agreement in February 2011, just before the “Arab Spring” protests broke out.

Lebanon and the Arabs: Amending Relations Achieves Joint Interests

Lebanon has long enjoyed unique political, economic and social relations with its Arab environment. These ties often overcame political disputes related to Lebanon’s identity and role. These disputes date back to the time of its independence from French mandate in 1943 and persist to this day.

Why Has Moscow Now Chosen to Reveal Assad’s Plea to ‘Save’ him in 2013?

Syrian Actor Bassem Yakhour’s Tour of Damascus Shows Extent of Currency Collapse

Battle for Yemen's Marib Reveals Iran’s Expansionist Plot in Region

Houthis Task All-Female ‘Zaynabiyat’ Militia with Drafting Child Soldiers

Houthis Redrawing Border between Yemen’s North and South

When the Iran-backed Houthi militias took over the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September 2014, their leader, Abdulmalek al-Houthi vowed to then United Nations envoy Jamal Benomar that his fighters will carve up the country’s north to themselves. Six years later, the Houthis have embarked on an “adven

Militants Control Nineveh, Spread Fear In Mosul

Firas” is a journalist and civil activist from Mosul, who had returned to the city in 2017, three years after the ISIS invasion. Back then, he didn’t know that he would be forced to leave again, this time because of threats by groups, who boasted about liberating the city. “Firas” actively joi

Soviet-Era Footage of Eli Cohen in Damascus Backs Russian Mediation to Return his Remains to Israel

Russia’s release of new details about notorious Israeli spy Eli Cohen has raised several questions about the role Moscow is currently playing in returning his remains from Damascus to Israel at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Vladimir Putin. Cohen, alias Kamel Amin T

Yemeni Govt. Urges UN to End Houthi Escalation in Marib

Saudi Aramco Begins Using First Domestic Technology Against Cyber Breaches

Cleverly to Asharq Al-Awsat: UK Urged Houthis to Renounce Violence in Direct Conversations

‘Joint Syrian Military Council’ Proposed to Russia as it Commits to Assad

Seven Years On, Yazidi Survivor Buries Father Slain by ISIS

Thikran Kamiran Yousif was 15 when ISIS militants surrounded his village in northern Iraq, rounded up residents and slaughtered several hundred of them, including his father, brother, grandfather and aunt. Nearly seven years later, Yousif has returned to the village of Kojo in Sinjar district for

Lokman Slim’s Sister to Asharq Al-Awsat: I Know Who Killed my Brother

Mazloum Abdi to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Urge the US to End the Syrian ‘Holocaust’

Six Months after Beirut Port Blast, Displaced Syrians Battle for Survival

AFRICOM to Asharq Al-Awsat: We’re Looking to Renew Partnership with Sudan