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Yemen’s President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi stands during a reception ceremony on the occasion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Republican Palace in Sanaa July 7, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Opinion: President Hadi’s Failings

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 13, 2014 | Opinion

Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has accused Iran of being behind the turmoil in Yemen more than once. He blamed Iran for the Houthis’ recent seizure of the city of Omran, the gateway to the capital, Sana’a. I have no doubt that Iran is active in Yemen,...

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Patrons enjoy Baghdad’s century-old Shabandar Café. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Baghdad’s historic coffeehouse tells the tales of a turbulent century

by Afrah Shawqi | Jul 13, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A coffeehouse that was damaged in a 2007 car bombing in Baghdad’s famed Al-Mutanabbi Street is still buzzing with intellectuals nearly a hundred years since it first opened its doors. Shabandar coffeehouse is located in the heart of...

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File photo of Arab League Special Envoy to Libya Nasser Al-Kidwa. (AP Photo)

Special Envoy: Arab League key to solving Libya crisis

by Sawsan Al-Abtah | Jul 13, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Tunis prepares to host a security meeting of foreign ministers from the six countries neighboring Libya, Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to the Arab League’s special envoy to Libya, Nasser Al-Kidwa, about the ongoing political turmoil and security...

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Palestinians remove debris as they search for bodies at a beach cafe hit the previous night by an Israeli air strike while people were watching the World Cup semi-final football match, on July 10, 2014 in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. Eight people were killed and at least 15 wounded in the […]

Opinion: Gaza’s Fifth War, and Not its Last

by Bakir Oweida | Jul 13, 2014 | Opinion

Over the past few days people on the street, in the press, and on satellite TV and radio stations, have been saying that Israel has decided to launch its third war against the Gaza Strip, coming as it does from the two wars of November 2008 and December 2012. But...

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Yazid Al-Shaqeran holds his secondary school diploma, at left, and the flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, at right.

From Twitter to Terrorist

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 12, 2014 | Features

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is commonly known that social networking sites, and particularly Twitter, are being used to entice misguided youth to leave their homes and take up arms alongside terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq. Still, terrorist organizations use...