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Spain Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attends a party meeting in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain, on March 1, 2015. (Reuters/Marcelo del Pozo)

Spanish PM hits back at Greek accusation of anti-Athens “axis”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 1, 2015 | World

Reuters—Spain’s center-right Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy hit back on Sunday against accusations from Greece’s leftist premier that Spain and Portugal had led a conservative conspiracy to topple his anti-austerity government. Greek Prime Minister Alexis...

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UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has succeeded in achieving only one thing: arousing anger in most Syrians. (AP)

Opinion: The UN Envoy to Syria’s Disastrous Failure

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 1, 2015 | Opinion

The UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has succeeded in achieving only one thing: arousing anger in most Syrians. He started his mission four months ago with a disappointing plan based on a ceasefire in Aleppo. But he is yet to accomplish anything. Although he...

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In this photo provided by the Turkish prime minister’s press office, Pro-Kurdish legislator Sırrı Süreyya Önder, (R), and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan speak after a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Prime Minister’s Press Office)

PKK leader calls on movement to take “historic” decision and end armed conflict with Turkey

by Thair Abbas | Mar 1, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish armed separatist movement the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Saturday called on members of the PKK to take an “historic” decision and end a decades-long armed insurgency...

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An airplane of Iranian private airline Mahan Air sits at the tarmac after landing at Sana’a International Airport in the Yemeni capital on March 1, 2015, a day after officials from the Shiite militia-controlled city signed an aviation agreement with Tehran. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)

Yemen, Iran sign civil aviation agreement: state news agency

by Arafat Madabish | Mar 1, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen and Iran’s civil aviation authorities on Saturday signed an agreement to operate direct flights between both countries, according to Yemen’s state news agency SABA, a move many in the region will see as another sign of Tehran’s...

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Egyptian judges of the Supreme Constitutional Court during a session to rule into election laws, in Cairo, Egypt, 01 March 2015. (EPA)

Egypt court declares part of election law unconstitutional

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 1, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, AP—An Egyptian court on Sunday ruled as unconstitutional a clause in the election law that draws voting districts, a verdict that is almost certain to delay parliamentary elections scheduled to start later this month. President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in a...