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A member of the southern tribal militia loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi carries a RPG-7 during clashes in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 19, 2015. (EPA/STR)

Opinion: After Yemen Intervention, a Negotiated Peace

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 28, 2015 | Opinion

The extent of regional and international concern over the war in Yemen has exceeded expectations. Anxious governments and international institutions have frankly expressed their views on the events. Most of them have voiced their understanding of the importance of...

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Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (2nd L) arrives to offer condolences after the death of Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh January 24, 2015. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died early on Friday after a short illness. (Reuters/SPA)

Saudi Arabia restores ambassador to Sweden

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia has reinstated its ambassador to Sweden after receiving an apology from Stockholm following the recent diplomatic crisis between the two kingdoms. Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a letter from Sweden’s King Carl...

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Nigerian women from the Hausa tribe stand in line to validate their voting cards at a polling station located in Daura, the home town of opposition candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on March 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Nigerians turn out en masse to vote in presidential election

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2015 | World

Abuja, Nigeria, AP—Nigerians turned out en masse to vote in a presidential election Saturday that analysts say is too close to call between President Goodluck Jonathan and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari. A car bomb exploded at a polling station in...

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Saudi King Salman attends the opening session of the Arab League summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on March 28, 2015. (EPA)

Saudi King vows to continue Yemen campaign

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2015 | Middle East

Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has vowed that the military intervention in Yemen will continue until the country is stable and safe. In comments earlier today at the Arab League summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, the Custodian of the Two Holy...

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A Yemeni man carries a box of ammunition he took from a military depot in Aden, Yemen, on March 27, 2015.
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Saudi-led air strikes target fresh Houthi advance on Aden: residents

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Reuters—Saudi-led air forces struck a convoy of Yemeni Houthi fighters advancing on Aden from the east on Saturday, residents said, and the Saudi navy evacuated diplomats from the southern port city. The Iranian-allied Shi’ite Muslim Houthi fighters,...