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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during consultations with representatives of the Joint List in Jerusalem on March 22, 2015.
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Arab-Israeli political leaders reject Netanyahu’s apology

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2015 | Middle East

Jerusalem, AP—Arab political leaders in Israel on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology for comments he made in last week’s national elections that offended members of the Arab community and said his words made him unsuitable to...

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (L) walks with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully during a news conference in Baghdad March 23, 2015. (Reuters)

Iraqi FM welcomes Saudi efforts to reopen embassy in Baghdad

by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 24, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari praised Saudi Arabia’s “serious” efforts to reopen its embassy in Baghdad in a joint press conference he held with his New Zealand counterpart in the Iraqi capital on Monday. The Kingdom of Saudi...

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French Air Force helicopters and civil security services are seen in Seyne, south-eastern France, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015. (AFP Photo/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)

Germanwings Airbus crashes in French Alps, 150 feared dead

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2015 | World

La Javie, Reuters—An Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead. French President François Hollande said he believed none of those on board the A320...