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Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (C) greets Saudi King Abdullah (seated) as the rulers of the GCC member-states met in an emergency session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 16, 2014. (AP Photo/SPA)

Saudi ambassador to Qatar returns to Doha

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Nov 18, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh and Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Qatar, Abdullah Al-Ayfan, returned to Doha on Monday, following an agreement to end a rift between Qatar and its neighbors earlier this week. An emergency meeting in Riyadh on Sunday resulted in Gulf...

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Ultra-orthodox Jews watch emergency personnel clean up and secure the site of the attack on worshipers at a synagogue in Jerusalem on November 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

Palestinians kill four in Jerusalem synagogue attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 18, 2014 | Middle East

Jerusalem, Reuters—Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city amid a surge in religious conflict. Israeli Prime...

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A woman pulls her shopping trolley as she walks past a building that was damaged by shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov/Files)

Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed, German foreign minister visits Kiev

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 18, 2014 | World

Kiev, Reuters—Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the military said on Tuesday, as Germany’s foreign minister prepared to hold talks on the crisis in both Kiev and Moscow. The trip by Frank-Walter...

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Riot police stand across from supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood during a demonstration at Cairo University hours after a drive-by shooting killed several Egyptian policemen and wounded others during an overnight rally by Islamist students at another university, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gamil)

Opinion: Bookworms Beware!

by Diana Moukalled | Nov 18, 2014 | Opinion

Famous French writer Claude Askolovitch recently described France’s culture minister, Fleur Pellerin, as “barbaric.” Why would he use such a harsh term? Well, the reason is that during recent televised comments, the minister admitted she hadn’t read a single book for...

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An image posted on ISIS’ website in January 2014, shows ISIS fighters marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Opinion: The Emirates’ New Terror List

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 18, 2014 | Opinion

The United Arab Emirates has become the second Gulf country after Saudi Arabia to designate the Yemeni Houthi movement’s Ansar Allah a terrorist group. This step is significant on many levels, especially as it reorganizes relations in a region which has faced many...