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UN Peacekeepers at Golan Heights. (EPA/ATEF SAFADI)
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Foreign Ministers of the GCC meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on August 30, 2014 (WAS)
GCC ministerial meeting concludes with Qatar dispute unresolved
Jeddah and Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—The dispute between Qatar and its neighbors Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates remains unresolved, despite positive statements on the issue at the conclusion of Saturday’s meeting of the Gulf Cooperation...Caption:
A volunteer who joined the Iraqi army to fight against Jihadist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) stands in a truck as he holds a position in Diyala province, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 3, 2014. (AFP Photo/Amer Al-Saadi)
US planes strike militants near Iraq’s Amerli, airdrop aid
Baghdad and Washington, Reuters—T he United States carried out air strikes on Saturday against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters near the besieged Shi’ite town of Amerli in northern Iraq and airdropped humanitarian aid to civilians trapped there,...Caption:
Finland’s Prime Minister Alexander Stubb (L-R), Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev hold a discussion at the start of a European Union summit in Brussels August 30, 2014.(REUTERS/Yves Herman)
EU wields Russia sanctions threat but timing vague
Brussels, Reuters—The European Union threatened Russia with new trade sanctions if Moscow fails to start reversing its action in Ukraine, but sharp divisions among leaders at a summit in Brussels left the timing of any measures uncertain. After a lengthy briefing by...Caption:
An Egyptian soldier sits on an armored vehicle as Palestinians wait to be given the permission to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 28, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)