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Jordanian students hold a sign reading in Arabic, ‘You will stay a Falcon’ and pictures of Muath al-Kassasbeh, the Jordanian pilot being held by ISIS in Syria, during a support rally at Jordan University, Amman in Amman on 3 February, 2015. (EPA)
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Members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent escort civilians with medical needs in the rebel-controlled area of Aleppo to the government-controlled area to seek treatment on February 1, 2015. (Reuters/Ammar Abdullah)
WFP alarmed by pictures of ISIS logos on its Syria food parcels
Geneva and Beirut, Reuters—The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has declared itself “extremely concerned” by photographs showing its food parcels being handed out in Syria with Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) logos on them. Images...Caption:
Ukrainian army soldiers patrol the empty streets of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region, on February 3, 2015.
(AFP Photo/Manu Brabo)
Ukraine evacuates civilians from key town as rebels attack
Kiev, Bloomberg News—Ukraine evacuated civilians from a strategically important junction in the country’s east as the worsening fighting with pro-Russian rebels led to calls for a military buildup on both sides. Germany said the European Union may slap new...Caption:
In this December 19, 2012 file photo, an employee fills a container with diesel at a gas station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters/Fahad Shadeed)
Reform of Saudi subsidies imminent: source
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is looking to overhaul its costly subsidies system, an informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday, at the same time that the governor of the Kingdom’s central bank said the system was “distorting and inefficient” and needed to...Caption:
New Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid looks on after presenting his second government to the medias, Monday, Feb.2, 2015 in Tunis. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)