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Tribal gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans and hold weapons during a gathering in Sana’a, Yemen, on 4 February 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
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Saudi medical staff leave the emergency department at a hospital in the center of Riyadh on April 8, 2014.
(AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
GCC moves closer to unified healthcare system
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) group of states moved closer to establishing a unified healthcare system following a meeting of GCC health ministers in Riyadh earlier this week. The GCC’s 78th Health Minister’s conference began on Wednesday...Caption:
Heavily armed Yemenis guard the entrance to the hotel where representatives of warring factions in Yemen are attending closed-door talks under UN auspices in Sana’a, Yemen, on February 5, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)
Two-region federal state is solution to crisis: former South Yemen leader
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former South Yemen President Ali Nasser Muhammad has said he would accept an invitation to chair a presidential council to fill the power vacuum in Yemen only if political factions endorsed a two-region federal state solution to the crisis....Caption:
Buildings and armored vehicles were destroyed during battles between separatist rebels and the Ukrainian army in Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk region, on February 4, 2015. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
German, French leaders take Ukraine peace plan to Moscow
Berlin, AP—French President Francois Hollande says all parties pushing for a new peace plan for eastern Ukraine see a ceasefire as the first step but must go further to find a lasting accord. Hollande spoke Friday before he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel headed...Caption:
Senior army special forces commander Fadel Al-Hassi points at the site of an explosion in Benghazi on February 6, 2015. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)