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The Parthenon Temple at the Acropolis hill in Athens. (AFP Photo/Angelos Tzortzinis)

Greece, euro zone agree four-month loan extension, avert crunch

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 21, 2015 | World

Brussels, Reuters—Euro zone finance ministers agreed in principle on Friday to extend Greece’s financial rescue by four months, averting a potential cash crunch in March that could have forced the country out of the currency area. The deal, to be ratified once...

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A handout picture released by the Middle East News Agency (MENA) shows Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (C), surrounded by top military generals, as he addresses journalists following an emergency meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Cairo on January 31, 2015. (AFP Photo/MENA/HO)

Opinion: The Trap Set for Egypt

by Osman Mirghani | Feb 21, 2015 | Opinion

Egypt launched airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) targets in Libya this week after the group abducted and killed 21 Coptic Christian Egyptians in utterly barbaric fashion, just weeks after ISIS released a video of its horrific immolation and killing...

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, Libyan military soldiers fire their weapons during clashes with Islamic militias in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Mohammed El-Sheikhy, File)

Bombs kill 40 in Libya in apparent revenge for Egyptian air strikes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2015 | Middle East

Benghazi, Reuters—Three car bombs ripped through the eastern Libyan city of Qubbah on Friday, killing 40 people and wounding 70 in what officials described as a revenge attack for Egyptian air strikes on Islamist militant targets. There was no immediate claim of...

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Saudi Minister of Defense Mohammed Bin Salman (L) shakes hands with chief of staff of the US Central Command Lloyd Austin in Riyadh on February 19, 2015. (Bandar Al-Jaloud)

Libyan army in need of training in fight against ISIS: Saudi diplomat

by Huda Al-Saleh | Feb 20, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior Saudi diplomat said that military chiefs gathered in Riyadh for a meeting of the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have discussed the training of Libyan soldiers in the fight against...

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Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the largest clan in Yemen’s Shabwah province gather on February 19, 2015 after forming a “popular army” to protect the province from Houthi militias. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Yemen factions agree to transitional body: UN envoy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2015 | Middle East

London and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s feuding parties have agreed to form a transitional governing body after UN-brokered talks, as two influential southern tribes announced the formation of a “popular army” to fend off advances by the Houthi rebel...