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Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy raises an Egyptian national flag while talking to the judge during his retrial at a court in Cairo, on February 12, 2015. (Reuters/Asmaa Waguih)
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Yemeni protesters shout slogans against Houthi rebels who have seized power in the capital, Sana’a, as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the uprising in Taiz, Yemen, on February 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)
GCC will not take military steps in Yemen: Gulf official
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has no plans to take military steps to safeguard its interests in neighboring Yemen following the Houthi takeover of power, a senior Gulf official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The oil-rich organization strongly...Caption:
Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (L) meets with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani at the royal palace in Doha, Qatar, on February 11, 2015. (Qatar News Agency)
Iraq, Gulf states close to full rapprochement: Iraqi president
Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—Relations between Iraq and its Gulf neighbors are close to becoming normalized again, Iraqi President Fuad Masoum told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday, following a visit to the Qatari capital Doha. Masoum, who was in Doha for a whistle-stop visit to...Caption:
Baiji oil refinery, north of Baghdad, on December 8, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
Iraq offers Asian buyers largest discount on its oil since 2003
Al-Khobar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest oil producer, will offer buyers from Asia the largest discounts on its oil since 2003, in another sign of intense competition among OPEC members vying for larger shares of the lucrative Asian market. Iraq’s...Caption:
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) gestures as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stand nearby during peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, on February 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool)