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Men mourn during the funeral of prominent Iraqi Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Qassem Al-Janabi and his son, Mohammad, who were killed in an attack on their convoy in Baghdad, on February 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily)
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Yemenis drive past the exterior the Saudi Arabia’s embassy complex in Sana’a after it closed following security concerns on February 14, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)
Gulf states call on UN to end Yemen crisis
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called on the UN to take immediate action to end the crisis currently gripping Yemen, at the same time that two Gulf states joined the growing list of countries pulling their diplomats out of...Caption:
A picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency on February 12, 2015. shows Syria’s General Fahd Jassem Al-Freij (R) shaking hands with a soldier as he visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in southern Syria. (AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)
Scores dead in intensified fighting in southern Syria: monitor
Beirut, Reuters—Intense clashes in southern Syria have killed scores of pro-government and insurgent fighters in the past week, a group monitoring Syria’s war said on Sunday, forecasting even fiercer violence as the weather clears. Syria’s army and allied...Caption:
Ukrainian tanks near Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine, on February 14, 2015. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Guns mostly fall silent in east Ukraine as ceasefire takes hold
Donetsk and Artemivsk, Reuters—Guns fell abruptly silent at midnight across much of eastern Ukraine in line with a ceasefire agreement, although periodic shooting near a front-line railway junction showed that the truce was fragile. Reuters journalists in Donetsk, the...Caption:
Emergency services personnel stand behind a police cordon on February 15, 2015, close to Norrebro station in Copenhagen, where the alleged offender of a terrorist attack, was killed. (AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX DENMARK / MARTIN SYLVEST)