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Shi’ite Houthi protesters perform Friday prayers during a funeral procession of fellow protesters who were killed in the recent clashes with Yemeni police in Sana’a, Yemen, on Friday, September 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) testify during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US policy toward Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by ISIS in Washington, September 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
US general says cannot rule out larger ground role in Iraq
Washington, Reuters—The most senior US military officer raised the possibility on Tuesday that American troops might need to take on a larger role in Iraq’s ground war against Islamic State militants, but the White House stressed they would not deploy on a...Caption:
Supporters listen to Imran Khan deliver a speech during what has been dubbed a “freedom march” in Islamabad on September 16, 2014. (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)
Pakistan’s PM threatens to clear protesters camped in capital
Islamabad, Reuters—Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, weakened by weeks of demonstrations calling for him to resign, threatened on Wednesday to clear a protest camp established more than a month ago outside government offices in Islamabad. Protesters led by Imran...Caption:
Iraq Coalition leader Fadel Al-Dabbass talks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Baghdad, Iraq on September 14, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iraq Coalition leader hails Abadi’s halting of airstrikes
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of one of the Sunni political blocs in Iraq’s parliament welcomed Prime Minister Haider Al-Abdadi’s decision to halt air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in the country. Fadel Al-Dabbass, leader...Caption:
(From L, Top) European Union representative Pierre Vimont, United Nations special envoy in Iraq Nickolay Mladenov, Japanese Ambassador to Iraq Kazuya Nashida, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Baodong, British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Qatar foreign minister Khaled al-Attiyah, Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi, (From l, Middle) Danish Foreign Minister Martin Liddegaard, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Foreign Minister of United Arab Emirates Sheik Abdullah Bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Norwegian Foreign Borge Brende, Czech Foreign Minister Lubormir Zaoralek, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, (From L, Front) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Sabah, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraqi President Fuad Masum, French President Francois Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, US Secretary of States John Kerry, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Belgian Foreign Minister Jean-Arthur Regibeau, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa pose for a group photo at the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq on September 15, 2014 at the French Foreign Ministry in Paris on September 15, 2014. The leaders of France and Iraq on September 15 urged swift action against Islamic State militants, with President Francois Hollande warning there was “no time to lose” as he opened an international conference to shore up an anti-jihadist coalition. AFP Photo/Pool/Michel Euler)