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A member of the NGO U Fondation leaves a house after visiting quarantined family members suffering from the Ebola virus, on October 16, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia. (AFP Photo/Zoom Dosso)

Obama open to appointing Ebola ‘tsar’, opposes travel ban

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2014 | World

Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola “tsar” to coordinate the fight against the virus in the United States, but he remained opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa. Obama’s administration is...

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Followers of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi group shout slogans as they attend an anti-government gathering in Arhab, north of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, on August 17, 2014. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Opinion: Iran’s Dangerous Game in Yemen

by Amir Taheri | Oct 17, 2014 | Opinion

“Yemen is simple,” says a European diplomat working on a report for NATO on the war-torn nation. “The Saudis feed the Yemenis and the Iranians arm them. So, what is left for Yemenis to do, except chew qat and fight each other?” Like all caricatures, this verbal...

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Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Al-Dairi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Libya FM: Libya has become a regional battleground

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 17, 2014 | Interviews

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 was heralded as a new beginning for Libya, a chance to start afresh and use its considerable oil wealth to build a modern, stable, democratic state. As ever, reality has been more...

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Chandelier from the al-Qarawiyyin mosque in Fez. (Louvre Museum)

Paris celebrates medieval and modern Morocco

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 17, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rarely is the art of an Arab country afforded the attention Moroccan works are now receiving in France. Two exhibitions have simultaneously been dedicated to Morocco: the first will be hosted by the Louvre, the second by the Institut du Monde...