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Asharq Al-Awsat‘s Deputy Editor-in-Chief talks to Egyptian Vice President Mohamed El-Baradei at the Federal Palace, Cairo. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi speaks during the closing session of the national dialogue conference, in Sana’a, Yemen, on January 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Yemen’s Defense Ministry)
Yemen: GCC backs Hadi, Houthis say he is a “fugitive”
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi militia have announced that President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi is a fugitive from justice as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states welcomed his return to the Yemeni presidency. Hadi escaped from house arrest in Sana’a on...Caption:
File photo of Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb (AP Photo)
Biased media cannot harm Egypt–Saudi relations: Azhar Grand Sheikh
Mecca, Asharq Al-Awsat—Biased media outlets cannot harm the historical ties that bind Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb said. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, the head of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Institute—the highest...Caption:
Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thani (C) attends a meeting with ministers as well as leaders of the Libyan army in Benghazi, on February 1, 2015. (Reuters/Esam Omran Al-Fetori)
Libya parliament withdrew from UN talks to sideline Muslim Brotherhood: official
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The decision by Libya’s parliament to withdraw from UN-brokered negotiations was made in order to sideline the Muslim Brotherhood from any future unity government, a Libyan official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The talks have been suspended as a result...Caption:
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory after re-capturing the village of Tel Asquf from Islamic State (IS) militants on the eastern outskirts of Mosul Dam, near the northern city Mosul, on August 18, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)