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UAE Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan greets Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Abu Dhabi on August 28, 2014. (SPA)
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Supporters of the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans during an anti-government protest on August 27, 2014 in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
Yemeni government, Houthis close to agreement: official
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Presidential Commission has resumed efforts to reach a deal with the Houthis to end the ongoing protests in the capital Sana’a, a high-level Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The latest mediation efforts come after talks...Caption:
This undated image posted on August 27, 2014 by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group shows a munitions warehouse that was captured by ISIS in the battle for the Tabqa air base in Raqqa, Syria on Sunday. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State)
Jihadists kill dozens of captured Syrian soldiers
Beirut, AP—The Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) killed more than 160 Syrian government troops seized in recent fighting, posting pictures Thursday of terrified young conscripts stripped down to their underwear before meeting their deaths in the arid Syrian...Caption:
Locals observe the damage done to an apartment after shelling in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on August 28, 2014.
(AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov)
Separatists say will allow “trapped” Ukrainian forces to withdraw
Moscow/Donetsk, Reuters—Pro-Moscow rebels fighting in Ukraine said on Friday they would comply with a request from the Kremlin and open up a ‘humanitarian corridor’ to allow the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops they have encircled. It was not clear how the...Caption:
The Beyti restaurant in Istanbul’s upmarket Florya district. (Asharq Al-Awsat)