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A wide view of the United Nations Security Council Chamber in New York is seen March 4, 2015 as Bernardino Léon (shown on screen), the special representative of the UN secretary-general and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council via video conference on the situation in that country. (AFP Photo/Handout/ United Nations/Mark Garten)
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Residents look for survivors amid debris of collapsed buildings after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Marj Al-Sultan, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, on February 27, 2015. (Reuters/Amer Almohibany)
New EU sanctions prove Assad’s collusion with ISIS: British foreign secretary
Brussels and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—New European Union sanctions targeting aides of the Syrian regime prove that President Bashar Al-Assad’s claims of being the last bulwark against jihadist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the country are...Caption:
In this July 27, 2005 file photo, the face of a woman stares down at visitors in the Hatra ruins, 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
Iraq calls for air power to protect antiquities
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraq urged a US-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country’s antiquities from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters looting and destroying some of the world’s greatest archaeological treasures. A...Caption:
Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attends a meeting with local officials in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
Hadi reveals new details of Saleh’s involvement with Iran, Houthis: source
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on Saturday renewed accusations of coordination between Iran, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, and the Shi’ite Houthi movement currently in de facto control of Yemen, revealing new details of their...Caption:
US President Barack Obama (3rd-L) participates in a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States on March 7, 2015. Also pictured are First Lady Michelle Obama (L), US Representative John Lewis (D-GA) (2nd L), former First Lady Laura Bush (2nd R), and former President George W. Bush (R). (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)