Articles tagged with: Obama
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Wednesday, 15 May, 2013
In 2008, the then fresh-faced US presidential hopeful Barack Obama promised to shut down the detention center that had become famous as a symbol of the presidency of George W. Bush: Guantanamo Bay. He described it as a “sad chapter in American history.”
Yet, five years on, and now into Obama’s second term, Guantanamo is still open for business and continues to hold many of those the US terms ‘enemy combatants’ without charge.
More than half of the 166 men still detained are Yemeni. ...
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LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first shipment of US aid reached the Free Syrian Army (FSA) earlier this week, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt.
Head of the FSA Supreme Military Command, General Salim Idris, was present to oversee the delivery of the new aid. He said: “I hope that this aid will be a first step to be followed by subsequent steps, culminating in our receiving what we need on the battlefield.”
The non-lethal aid, including halal ready meals, medical supplies, and night-vision...
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Thursday, 28 Mar, 2013
“There is peace between Israel and some Arab countries, but it is a cold one. The exchange in tourism is not that significant. This has not been the case between Turkey and I...
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Tuesday, 26 Mar, 2013
Now that US President Barack Obama has returned to Washington and the dust is settling on his visit to the Holy Land, we can take stock of what actually transpired during his t...
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Wednesday, 20 Mar, 2013
Barack Obama lands in Israel today for his first official visit to the Jewish state as US president. According to conventional wisdom, he will not bring any new policy initiati...
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It is unlikely that anything will really change in US foreign policy with the departure of Hillary Clinton and the arrival of Senator John Kerry as the new secretary of State t...
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Thursday, 31 Jan, 2013
It has not been a good week for Egypt’s president, Mohamed Mursi. Nationwide protests against his rule marked the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January....
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Monday, 28 Jan, 2013
CAIRO, Asharq Al-Awsat—Protesters and police in Egypt continue to clash for a fifth day, despite a presidential state of emergency declaration in the three provinces hit hard...
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Saturday, 19 Jan, 2013
“When innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. That is what it means to share this world in the twenty-first century. Tha...
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Tuesday, 27 Nov, 2012
Now that US President Barak Obama has earned a second term, so goes a canned Beltway conceit, he may pursue policy objectives unfettered by the restraints of electoral politics...
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