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People look through the wreckage of the headquarters of Yemen’s Islamist Al-Islah Party in the northwestern city of Amran on July 14, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Opinion: Saving Yemen

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 22, 2014 | Opinion

The Houthis are nothing more than a rebel movement in Yemen that has gotten out of control, attempting to become a state within a state. Recently, the movement found the opportunity to seize more territory as a result of internal and external political circumstances...

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File photo of an oil refinery. (Reuters/Bret Hartman/Files)

Asian, Western firms bid for UAE oilfields: sources

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2014 | Business

Abu Dhabi, Reuters—Asian and Western firms have bid to help operate the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) biggest oilfields after a deal with oil majors expired this year, but the Gulf Arab state is yet to decide whether to let Asian oil buyers in for the long haul,...

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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, during a ceremony to honor the 2013 NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion team, the University of Connecticut Huskies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion: A Crisis Made in Washington

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 22, 2014 | Opinion

Has the West become accustomed to crises taking place in the Middle East, no longer caring about them (with the Syrian conflict serving as a prime example here)? The truth is that the real crisis which everyone has to learn to live with is that of President Obama...

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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)

Central African leader appeals for ceasefire as talks open in Congo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2014 | World

Reuters, Brazzaville—The Central African Republic’s interim president appealed on Monday to Muslim Seleka rebels and ‘anti-balaka’ Christian militia to agree a ceasefire at the start of talks in the neighboring Congo Republic. The three-day forum in...

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Fuad Masoum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraqi Kurds still split on presidential candidates

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 21, 2014 | Middle East

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...