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The former head of Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency Hakan Fidan (C) standing in Ankara on December 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Turkey’s spy chief enters politics over Erdoğan’s protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2015 | World

Ankara, Bloomberg—Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s intelligence agency and a close confidante of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for more than a decade, has decided to enter politics in a move that Erdoğan said he opposed. Fidan’s resignation February 7...

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This file picture taken on December 15, 2014 shows Al-Arab news channel staff on duty at the editorial office in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Bahrain officially suspends new Al-Arab channel

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Feb 10, 2015 | Media

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahrain’s government suspended a new Saudi-owned news channel on Monday due to what authorities said was its failure to acquire the required licensing to broadcast in the island kingdom. The Al-Arab channel “had also failed to match the...

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Members of the Libyan Special Forces look on in an army camp in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, on February 1, 2015. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)

Haftar’s troops recapture key stronghold in Libya’s Benghazi

by Khalid Mahmoud | Feb 10, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Libyan troops loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar recaptured a strategic army stronghold in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, according to military officials, as the battle for control of the city continues. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via...

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People demonstrate against the dissolution of Yemen’s parliament and the takeover by the armed Shi’ite Muslim Houthi group, in the southwestern city of Taiz. (Reuters Photos.)

UN’s Yemen envoy to propose draft settlement: source

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 10, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN Special Envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar is set to put forward an agreement to resolve the political crisis in the country, a source from a key Yemeni political coalition told Asharq Al-Awsat. This development comes a day after UN-brokered talks...

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Bomb Threat Cleared in Cairo Airport

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Egypt to meet leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Cairo on Monday to meet his Egyptian counterpart, with both sides eager to strengthen ties and show both have options outside of the West to pursue their goals. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi greeted...