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Indian border villagers have a meal at a relief camp in Chichi Mata temple in Samba, India, on January 6, 2015. (EPA/Jaipal Singh)
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Injured children wait in a field hospital after what activists said was was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus on December 21, 2014. (Reuters/Badra Mamet)
West’s ISIS focus neglects human tragedy in Syria, doctors say
Paris, Reuters—Western states are focusing too much on tackling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and are forgetting the daily suffering of ordinary Syrians in areas of the country where the medical situation has become catastrophic, a group of Syrian doctors...Caption:
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. (Saudi Press Agency)
Saudi Arabia an “oasis of peace” amid chaos: King Abdullah
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a speech inaugurating Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz hailed the Kingdom as an “oasis of peace” in the middle of a “chaotic” region. The speech was delivered on behalf of King Abdullah on Tuesday before Saudi...Caption:
Khaled Khoja, the new president of the Syrian National Coalition, attends the Syrian Business Forum in Doha on June 6, 2012.
(Reuters/Mohammed Dabbous/Files)
Syria opposition head casts doubt on Moscow talks
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The newly elected president of the Syrian opposition’s main umbrella group, the Syrian National Coalition, has cast doubt over the possibility of the organization meeting with the Assad government in Moscow later this month. Speaking just hours...Caption:
Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA (L), and FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein in Amman, Jordan, on May 26, 2014.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)