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US Vice President Joe Biden answers questions from students at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on Thursday, October 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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A handout picture provided by the Turkish Presidential press office shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) speaking during an opening ceremony of the parliament after a summer recess in Ankara, Turkey, on October 1, 2014. (EPA/Kayhan Özer/HO/Presidential Press Office)
Washington rejects Ankara’s conditions for joining anti-ISIS operations
Washington and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Washington has rejected Turkey’s conditions over its involvement in the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu...Caption:
Yemeni soldiers stand guard outside the headquarters of the government a day after a new prime minister was named, in Sana’a, Yemen, on October 8, 2014. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Houthis reject Hadi’s choice of new PM
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi movement has rejected the appointment of a new prime minister by Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, as reports say rebels belonging to the Shi’ite group are advancing on the strategically important Bab El-Mandeb Strait to the...Caption:
An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighter walks near a black flag belonging to the group as a Turkish army vehicle takes position near the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish–Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruç, Şanlıurfa province, Turkey, on October 7, 2014. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)
Kurds say airstrikes push ISIS back from Kobani
Mürşitpınar and Ankara, Reuters—US-led airstrikes on Wednesday pushed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters back to the edges of the Syrian–Kurdish border town of Kobani, which they had appeared set to seize after a three-week assault, local officials said....Caption:
A woman takes her lunch while sitting on a highway, part of an area blocked off by protesters of the Occupy Central movement, in Hong Kong, on October 7, 2014. (Reuters/Tyrone Siu)