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Palestinian poet Samih Al-Qasim reads a poem during a literary evening in Tunis on September 24, 2008. (AFP Photo/Fethi Belaid)
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A plume of smoke rises from buildings after an Israeli airstrike in the eastern part of Gaza City on August 22, 2014. (AFP/Roberto Schmidt)
Gunmen execute 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza; Israel launches air strikes
Gaza and Jerusalem, Reuters—Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israeli forces killed three Hamas commanders, the highest-ranking militants to die in the six-week war. Militants wearing masks...Caption:
A general view of the last session of the 34th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Kuwait, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 (AP/Gustavo Ferrari).
GCC states to hold “critical” meeting on Qatar: Diplomat
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to meet in Jeddah on Sunday to discuss ways to address Qatar’s lack of compliance with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rules and regulations, a...Caption:
In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Haider Al-Abadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Abadi rejects Maliki’s advice on government formation
Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi rejected a call made by his predecessor Nuri Al-Maliki not to entertain “preconditions” from Iraq’s Sunnis, stressing that he is committed to forming a national unity government that includes all Iraqi...Caption:
Syrian government troops sit atop a tank as they drive past a damaged building in Mleiha on the outskirts of Damascus on August 15, 2014. (AFP Photo/Louai Beshara)