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French Sangaris troops patrol in an armored personnel carrier (APC) as a schoolboy passes by, in Bangui, the Central African capital, on July 13, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pacome Pabandji)
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Fuad Masoum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iraqi Kurds still split on presidential candidates
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Amid continuing political deadlock in Iraq, the selection of the country’s next president remains mired in confusion despite the return of incumbent president Jalal Talabani from medical treatment abroad on Saturday. Reports say that Iraq’s...Caption:
File photo showing Egyptian crowds protesting against former president Mohamed Mursi on June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Egypt: New independent alliance prepares to fight parliamentary elections
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Egyptian politicians have announced that they will contest upcoming parliamentary elections as part of a new coalition called the 25–30 Alliance. At a news conference at the headquarters of the Egyptian Journalists’ Union on Sunday,...Caption:
A medic helps a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighbourhood of Gaza City, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, on July 20, 2014. (Reuters/Finbarr O’Reilly)
Displaced Palestinians speak of ordeal
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinians who fled the Israeli bombardment of the Shejaia district of Gaza City on Sunday have spoken to Asharq Al-Awsat of their ordeal as they fled to safety. At least 87 Gazans were killed on Sunday—60 of them in the district of Shejaia...Caption:
Palestinians stand watching from a whole in a wall as Civil Defense workers remove the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City, on July 21, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)