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...The guards identified the military advisers killed as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aqazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Saeed Karimi and Mohammad Amin Samadi Iranian forces have been active in Syria since the Islamic...
...“The reason is they all follow one leader, Ayatollah [Ali] Khamenei.”...
...Although no Iranian president visited Damascus during the war, Assad has been to Iran twice since 2011 to meet Ayatollah Ali Khamenei....
...“The fact that Shamkhani is directly involved in such talks shows the Islamic republic is determined to improve its ties with the Arab states” in the Gulf, said Saeed Laylaz, an Iranian political analyst...
...Whereas once people doubted our technology, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, “now they’re saying: ‘Iranian drones are very dangerous, why are you selling it to so and so?’.”...
...Pearl was murdered while reporting on Islamist fundamentalists with links to al-Qaeda following the terror attacks on September 11 2001....
...His appointment follows that in December of Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum....
...Ali Saeed was still asleep when men with guns barged into his tent in a displaced persons camp in northern Iraq this month....
...“Saudis are pushing to create an international consensus against Iran,” said Saeed Laylaz, a reform-minded analyst....
...In a brief hearing, Judge Anwar Gamal of the court of cassation, ordered a retrial for Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed....
...Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan al-Nahyan, ruler of richer neighbour Abu Dhabi, vacillated – only for Dubai’s Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al-Maktoum to hire the self-effacing Scot, with whom he instantly hit it off...
...Mr Atta, some in Baghdad point out, is beginning to sound a lot like Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, the Panglossian information minister under Saddam Hussein better known as “Comical Ali”....
...Whether Mr Rohani won in spite of opposition from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or with his last-minute consent may never be known....
...Syrian educators in refugee camps outside the country have begun rewriting history textbooks to recast President Bashar al-Assad’s ruling family as tyrants....
...“The sale of our stake in Bank Islam stems from a strategic plan to support broader ongoing restructuring process by selling assets at the right value,” said Fadel Al-Ali, Dubai Group’s chief executive....
...“We are now nearing the end and are confident that all parties will work with us to finalise the restructuring by early summer,” said Fadel al-Ali, chief executive officer....
...Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), an extremist Sunni group with links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has claimed responsibility, the officer added....
...Tunisia’s justice minister simply fired judges known for corruption and political cronyism under the deposed autocrat Zine al Abdine Ben Ali....
...“This is a totally inhumane and unwarranted measure that exposes the real mindset of the government,” said Ali Alaswad, a former Al-Wefaq member of parliament, who now campaigns from London....
...The minister, Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri says the law will allow the cabinet to approve investments with 100 per cent foreign ownership on an ad hoc basis....
...Water flooded down a road near the al-Majid mosque, while residents said electricity and telephones were down....
...Saeed Jalili, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was dispatched to Lebanon last week with a firm message to Syria’s allies – hang in there, Bashar al-Assad will not fall....
...Only Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s new leader, commands a higher bounty. The reward simply boosted Mr Saeed’s swagger....
...Only Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as head of al-Qaeda, commands a bigger US bounty, at $25m....
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