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A Houthi fighter in army uniform stands to the door of a military vehicle which was seized from the army during recent clashes, outside an entrance to the presidential palace in Sana;a, on February 8, 2015. (REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Houthis preparing airstrikes against Yemen’s Ma’rib, Al-Bayda provinces: source

by Arafat Madabish | Feb 9, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi insurgent movement is preparing to launch airstrikes on Yemen’s main oil hub in a bid to further extend its control over the country, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday. “This is most likely an attempt to subdue both these...

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A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California, on January 7, 2012. (REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Effrain Lopez/Handout)

Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links “killed in drone attack”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2015 | World

Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, Reuters—A missile-firing drone killed six people in Afghanistan on Monday including a veteran militant believed to have defected to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from the Taliban, Afghan officials said. The senior militant, former...

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Soccer fans argue with security personnel as they attempt to enter a stadium before a scuffle broke out, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on February 8, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Egypt suspends soccer league after deadly riot

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2015 | Sports

Cairo, AP—Egypt’s cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the...

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian presidency on June 20, 2014 shows Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (L) meeting with Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz (R), at Cairo airport on June 20, 2014. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Egypt is being targeted

by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 9, 2015 | Opinion

It has become abundantly clear in recent days that Egypt is being targeted, and on a number of different levels. What is also clear is that since the passing of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz and the assumption to the throne of his successor, Custodian of the Two...

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Volunteers from the Iraqi Shi’ite Badr Army militia take up position near Tikrit, northern Iraq, on February 6, 2015. (EPA/ALI MOHAMMED)

Countdown to Tikrit offensive has already begun: Iraqi army official

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 9, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The countdown to the liberation of Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is already under way, the Iraqi military official who heads the operation told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, though he did not specify a particular date...