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Tunisian Prime minister Mehdi Jomaa speaks during a meeting in Tunis on August 30, 2014. (AFP/Salah Habibi)
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (center) greets lawmakers at the first session of the newly elected parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Allawi, Nujaifi and Maliki offered VP posts
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s outgoing prime minister and speaker of parliament have been offered the posts of vice president, along with Iraqiya bloc leader Iyad Allawi, as Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi seeks to announce a new government...Caption:
A member of the Saudi border guards force stands guard next to a fence on Saudi Arabia’s northern borderline with Iraq, in this July 14, 2014 file photo. (Reuters/Faisal Nasser/Files)
Saudi Arabia launches new border security project
Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz launched Phase I of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ project for border security on Friday during a joint press conference with Bahraini monarch King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. Saudi Arabia is seeking to...Caption:
A pro-Russian separatist stands guard near an orthodox church in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaysk September 5, 2014. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
Ceasefire in Ukraine appears to hold
Kiev, AP—A ceasefire in Ukraine’s rebellious east appeared to be holding on Saturday, but claims by a pro-Russian separatist leader that the Ukrainian side had violated the agreement showed that the fragile deal could quickly unravel. National Guard Commander...Caption:
Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. (Reuters)