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A volunteer from a Lebanese NGO distributes bread to Syrian refugees at the Al-Amaan camp in Arsal, Lebanon, on October 26, 2014. (AFP Photo/Maya Hautefueille)
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Members of the Tunisian elections body hold a press conference to announce the results of the first round of the presidential election in the capital Tunis, on November 25, 2014. (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)
Tunisian president to be picked in runoff race
Tunis, AP—Veteran politician and figure from Tunisia’s old regime, Beji Caid El-Sebsi, will face off against incumbent Moncef Marzouki in a runoff for the country’s presidency two weeks from now that is expected to be close, official election results showed...Caption:
Supreme Council of the General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign Ministers attend the GCC’s 126th session on June 2, 2013 in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Source: AFP Photo/STR
GCC to launch Joint Military Command at Doha summit: source
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will launch a joint military command during its annual meeting scheduled for December 9 in the Qatari capital Doha, an informed Gulf military source told Asharq Al-Awsat. Plans for establishing the unified...Caption:
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki gestures during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24, 2013. (Reuters)
ISIS ordered Ahsa attack: Saudi Interior Ministry
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ordered the attack on a Shi’ite shrine in the small town of Dalwah in the country’s Al-Ahsa governorate earlier this month, which resulted in...Caption:
Protestors parade in the parking lot of a burning auto parts store in Ferguson, Missouri, USA, on 24 November 2014. (EPA/Tannen Maury)