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People walk past empty restaurants in downtown Beirut, Lebanon on November 20, 2012. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)
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Kurdish “peshmerga” troops walk during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Jalawla. (Reuters)
Iraq’s Kurds deny PM accusations of harboring ISIS fighters
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Recent remarks by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki in which he accused Erbil of harboring fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have provoked the ire of Kurdish politicians, who have dismissed the accusations as...Caption:
A Yemeni soldier mans a checkpoint on a road leading to the city of Amran, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of the capital Sana’a, on July 9, 2014. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)
Yemen: Houthis expand presence in Amran amid humanitarian crisis
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’a Houthi militia has expanded its control in the northern province of Amran, storming government and military institutions in the area despite international condemnation. Yemen’s Houthi militia captured the city of Amran and its...Caption:
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with China’s President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 10, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / POOL)
China, US to boost security ties, but no breakthroughs
Beijing, Reuters—China and the United States agreed on Thursday to boost military ties and counter-terrorism cooperation during high-level annual talks in Beijing, but there was little immediate sign of progress on thorny cyber-security or maritime issues. The two-day...Caption:
Kurdish Peshmerga forces seize control of Mosul’s Rabia district after Iraqi army forces abandoned the city to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, June 14, 2014. (Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)