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From Left to right : European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, delegate, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union President Donald Tusk, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Jordan’s Queen Rania, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and other heads of states and officials march during the Unity rally “Marche Republicaine” in Paris, on January 11, 2015 (AFP PHOTO/ ERIC FEFERBERG)

After attacks, arm-in-arm world leaders join mass Paris march

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2015 | World

Paris, Reuters—World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead an estimated million-plus French citizens through Paris in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks. Paris police said the...

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Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Al-Badri in Cairo, in January, 2015 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Libyan Deputy PM: We are in control of 80 percent of the country’s oil

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jan 11, 2015 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Libya’s two rival governments gear up for another round of reconciliation talks in Geneva this week under the auspices of the UN, the country’s Tobruk-based government is continuing its attempts to impose its authority over the strife-torn...

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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah (R) meeting with Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (L) in Riyadh on November 11, 2014 (SPA)

Saudi embassy in Baghdad to reopen in two months: Iraq deputy PM

by Fahd Al-Zayabi | Jan 11, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi embassy in Baghdad will reopen in two months’ time, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Baha Araji told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. “The opening of the Saudi embassy will end a state of strained relations that has remained since the era of...

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Lebanese Army soldiers inspect a cafe where a suicide bomb attack took place in Jabal Mohsen, Tripoli, on January 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim)

Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2015 | Middle East

Tripoli, Reuters—A suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least seven people on Saturday, the latest violence to hit a region repeatedly buffeted by violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria. The Al-Nusra Front,...

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Guingamp’s supporter hold signs reading “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) to pay tribute to the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack during the French L1 football match between Guingamp and Lens at the Roudourou stadium in Guingamp, western France, on January 10, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU)

France, foreign leaders to march together in show of solidarity after attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2015 | World

Paris, Reuters—Hundreds of thousands of French citizens will be joined by dozens of foreign leaders, among them Arab and Muslim representatives, in a march in Paris on Sunday in honor of the victims of this week’s Islamist militant attacks. The march, which is...