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Saudi Deputy Oil Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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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)
Egypt creates new military command to combat Sinai militants
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered the creation of a unified military command to fight militant groups in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, just days after a deadly attack in the region killed dozens of security personnel. In...Caption:
Members of the Shi’ite Houthi militia, wearing police uniforms, stand guard outside a hall where the movement is set to hold a tribal gathering in Sana’a, Yemen, on February 1, 2015. (EPA/STR)
Houthis attempting to control Yemen’s Bab El-Mandeb strait: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Recent advances by Yemen’s Houthi movement are part of an attempt to take control of the strategic Bab El-Mandeb strait off the Yemeni coast, military sources in the country said on Saturday. This comes as three members of the group and three...Caption:
An armoured vehicle used by Boko Haram militants captured by the Nigerian military in Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria, on January 27, 2015. (EPA/STR)
Extremists attack biggest city in northeast Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria, AP—Islamic extremists attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria from four fronts overnight with the crescendo of warfare—booming cannon and whooshing rockets—continuing Sunday, witnesses said. The third attack in a week on Maiduguri...Caption:
People walk past a big screen reporting that a Japanese hostage was killed by the ISIS, in Tokyo, Japan, on February 1, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA)