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A local market in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is deserted as the government enforces a three day lockdown on movement of all people in a attempt to fight the Ebola virus on September 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
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Abdul Aziz Abul, a representative of the Shura Council, adjusts his pass as he arrives at the National Dialogue session in Manama on June 12, 2013. (Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)
Bahrain National Dialogue set to resume
Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain announced that an agreement has been reached between the country’s political parties for renewed National Dialogue, which will include discussions of five “core elements,” including electoral districts, legislative authority, cabinet...Caption:
People gather near a car damaged by a mortar shell during fighting between Houthi militants and government forces in Sana’a. (Reuters Photos)
Yemen: Government mulls fresh Houthi demands
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s central government is considering a new set of demands issued by the Shi’ite Houthi movement to end the politial unrest and bloodshed that has engulfed the country, high-level political sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The new Houthi...Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waits for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Cairo September 13, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool (EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS)
Opinion: Sisi’s Foreign Policy
One hundred days into Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s presidency, it is time to count up the country’s achievements—although this is something that will no doubt depend on a person’s political position. But no one, not even Sisi’s...Caption:
Iraq’s Sunni Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri speaks during a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)