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Ukrainian servicemen sit on an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) at a checkpoint near the town of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region, on February 16, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV)
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Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen aim their weapons during clashes with ISIS, in Jurf Al-Sakhr, about 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on October 7, 2014. (AP Photo)
Iraq: Sunni parties seek talks with Shi’ite militia groups
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In another sign of growing sectarian tensions in Iraq, two of the largest Sunni-majority blocs in the Iraqi parliament announced on Sunday they intend to begin negotiating with Shi’ite volunteer militias directly in a bid to persuade them to...Caption:
Yemeni soldiers loyal to the Houthi movement stand guard at the entrance of the presidential palace in the capital Sana’a, on February 16, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)
UN demands Houthis surrender power in Yemen
Sana’a and Washington, DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—The UN Security Council on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the Shi’ite Houthi movement give up power in Yemen, responding to earlier calls from Gulf states for the Council to take decisive action on the...Caption:
Flowers and candles are seen at Svanevej in Copenhagen. (Reuters)
Two suspected accomplices deny helping Copenhagen gunman
Copenhagen, AP—Two men suspected of helping the gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen faced a court hearing Monday as Danes mourned the victims of a shooting spree that authorities said may have been inspired by last month’s terror attacks in Paris. The...Caption:
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, attending an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Cairo on February 15, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY)