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epa04482264 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gestures during the opening plenary of Summit on the Global Agenda in Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 09 November 2014. EPA/ALI HAIDER
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Yemeni armed members of the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in Sana’a on February 4, 2015 in support of the militia which overran the Yemeni capital in September. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
Yemen facing civil war: UN envoy
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN special envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar warned that the country is sliding towards civil war as a deadline offered by the Shi’ite Houthi movement to fill the power vacuum following President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s resignation expired on...Caption:
Head of the Badr Organisation Hadi Al-Amiri speaks during a news conference on the outskirts of Diyala province, north of Baghdad, on February 2, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Iraq asks UAE to remove Badr Organization and Sadr militia from terror list
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq has asked the Emirati government to remove an influential Shi’ite political party and its militia from its list of terrorist organizations. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday, Iraq’s minister for human rights, Mohammed...Caption:
Sajida Al-Rishawi, a would-be Iraqi female suicide bomber, stands in a cell at the State Security court during her trial in the Jordanian capital Amman in 2006. (AFP Photo/HO/PETRA)
Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot’s death
Amman, Reuters—Jordan hanged two Iraqi jihadists on Wednesday including a female militant in response to an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burnt alive by the hardline group. ISIS had demanded the release of the...Caption:
Bassam Shamaa (Asharq Al-Awsat)