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Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah (L) attends a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 2, 2014. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)

Doha proposes more discussions in Gulf dispute: sources

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Aug 25, 2014 | Middle East

Jeddah and Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—Diplomatic tensions between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE on one side, and Qatar on the other, have increased despite attempts by Kuwait and Oman to mediate between the two sides, sources say. Gulf sources told Asharq...

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A Saudi trader monitors stocks at the Saudi stock market in Riyadh on April 28, 2013. (Reuters/Faisal Al-Nasser)

Saudi stock market reaches highest levels since financial crisis

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Aug 25, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s stock market, the Tadawul, continued its recent string of gains on Monday, surpassing the 11,000-point mark to reach its highest levels since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. Just after the start of trading on...

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Muslims arrive to attend the Friday prayer at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, on December 28, 2012 (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2014 | Media

Cairo, AP—The top Islamic authority in Egypt, revered by many Muslims worldwide, launched an Internet-based campaign on Sunday, challenging an extremist group in Syria and Iraq by saying it should not be called an “Islamic State.” The campaign by the Dar...

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Yemeni soldiers join thousands of protesters in an anti-Houthi movement protest in Sana’a, Yemen, on August 24, 2014. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Yemen: Fears of war grow as mediation with Houthis fails

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 25, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks between a committee appointed by Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to mediate with the leader of the Houthi movement occupying protests sites around the capital broke down on Sunday, amid rising tensions in Sana’a. The movement,...

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Peter Theo Curtis, a 45-year-old author and freelance journalist, is shown in a screengrab from a video released by his captors in Syria. (AFP PHOTO/ AL-JAZEERA)

Kidnapped American journalist freed in Syria after Qatari mediation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 25, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—An American journalist kidnapped by the Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group, the Al-Nusra Front, has been freed following mediation between the organization and the Qatari government. Peter Theo Curtis was turned over to UN peacekeepers in Quneitra...