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Cabinet starts to fray ahead of first session since vacuum

  BEIRUT: Cabinet faces a unity test Friday when it meets for the first time without a president amid fears that the presidential vacuum, which has already paralyzed Parliament legislation, might also affect government work. “It will be a smooth Cabinet session. We have not been informed by any ministers that they will not attend,”… اقرأ المزيد

Two ex-spies debate Saudi Arabia’s peace plan

  Getting the former spy chiefs of Israel and Saudi Arabia to talk together about peace is hardly a breakthrough, but it at least helps keep alive the idea of an eventual Israeli-Palestinian settlement. Sharing a public stage in Brussels Monday were Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief, and retired Maj. Gen. Amos… اقرأ المزيد