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Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas Gaza government, talks to his supporters during a Hamas rally marking the anniversary of the death of its leaders killed by Israel, in Gaza City March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY)
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Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad on August 25, 2014. (Reuters/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud)
Iraq PM-designate facing tough task to form cabinet
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s various political parties are pursuing a dangerous policy of brinkmanship over the formation of a new government with Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi facing a September 11 deadline to announce a new cabinet. Discussions...Caption:
Head of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani (C) gestures during the start of the sorting of presidential ballot papers for the audit and recounting at the counting center at a warehouse in Kabul on July 17, 2014. (AFP/Wakil Khosar)
Afghanistan completes election audit in step toward new president
Kabul, Reuters—A UN-supervised audit of votes in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election has finished, an Afghan electoral official said on Friday. The audit of the June 14 run-off election was part of a US-brokered deal to defuse escalating tension in a...Caption:
This undated file photo shows Syrian girls gathering water in Damascus, Syria. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Damascus’s Summer of Discontent
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—“My son is on the phone, he said the water tank is empty. The problem is that water has not been on for three days.” With this statement, Narmeen drew an evening out with her friends to a close—an evening they had planned a week before to enjoy...Caption:
In this photogaph taken on July 18, 2014, demonstrators hold up a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir. (AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFA/FILES)