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Yemeni armed men inspect the damage following a bomb explosion at the Badr mosque in southern Sana’a on March 20, 2015. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

Regional, international condemnation of Sana’a suicide attacks

by Arafat Madabish | Mar 21, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—There has been strong regional and international condemnation of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Yemen’s history that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people in Sana’a on Friday. A Yemeni branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and...

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A Turkish Kurdish woman with a child sits next to a Kurdistan Workers’ Party flag with a picture of the imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Silopi, Turkey, on March 2, 2015. (Reuters/Kadir Baris)

Kurdish militant leader urges congress on peace with Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2015 | World

Diyarbakir, Turkey, Reuters—Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan called on Saturday for his militant group to hold a congress on ending a three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state but stopped short of declaring an immediate halt to its armed struggle....

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Marathon talks toward an Iran nuclear deal picked up pace as US President Barack Obama appealed to Tehran to seize an “historic” opportunity. (AFP Photo/Pool/Brian Snyder)

Iranian President Rouhani: Final nuclear deal possible

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 21, 2015 | Middle East

Tehran, AP—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday painted an optimistic picture of ongoing negotiations with world powers over his country’s nuclear program, saying there has been progress in the talks and that a final accord is possible. “At this...

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Deputy secretary-general of the Arab League Ahmed Bin Helli. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Arab League seeking joint confrontation of terrorism: Bin Helli

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 21, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Leaders attending the upcoming Arab League summit must seek “joint Arab confrontation” of terrorism across the Middle East, the deputy secretary-general of the Arab League Ahmed Bin Helli said, while describing the US-led coalition...

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A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on March 4, 2015 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad giving an interview to Portuguese broadcaster RTP in Damascus. (AFP)

Opinion: The US’s ambiguous stance on Syria

by Osman Mirghani | Mar 21, 2015 | Opinion

I am surprised that people were surprised by the recent remarks made by the US Secretary of State John Kerry about the necessity to negotiate with the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad as a means to guarantee a political transition and an end to the war in Syria. The...