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This undated file photo shows the entrance to the Iranian cultural center in Khartoum, Sudan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudan shuts down Iranian cultural center, expels staff

by Ahmed Younis | Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan ordered the closure of an Iranian culture center in Khartoum on Monday, saying that the center represented an intellectual and social threat to the country. In a statement, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the center had...

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Supporters of the Shi’ite Houthi movement attend an anti-government rally in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on August 29, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Houthis reject presidential initiative to end crisis

by Arafat Madabish | Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthi movement rejected the latest attempt by the country’s president to defuse the escalating standoff between the movement and the government on Tuesday. The movement, whose members have been occupying sites across the capital Sana’a...

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Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24, 2013. (Reuters)

Ten suspected terror cells dismantled: Saudi Interior Ministry

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia broke up 10 terrorist cells, arresting a total of 88 terrorist suspects, in simultaneous raids across the Kingdom following a months-long investigation, a security spokesman said on Tuesday. Saudi Interior Ministry security...

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Saudi Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz (L) and French PM Manual Valls (R) in Paris on September 2, 2014 (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince calls for French investment

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz called on French businesses and entrepreneurs to invest in the Kingdom on Tuesday, on the second day of an official visit to Paris. In a speech to the Saudi–French Business Forum in Paris on...

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on June 20, 2014 shows Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (L) meeting with Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz (R), at Cairo airport on June 20, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Egypt’s Healer and Syria’s Destiny

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Sep 3, 2014 | Opinion

There have recently been fresh calls from Egypt for an initiative to resolve the Syrian crisis. It is not the first nor likely to be the last proposal put forward for ending the bloodshed there. Egypt went through a state of instability and drift when the Muslim...