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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, on March 30, 2015. (Reuters/Anthony Devlin/pool)
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A screen-grab of footage presented by Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry on March 29, 2015 shows Saudi warplanes bombing Houthi targets in Yemen. (SPA/Saudi Defense Ministry)
Saudi-led airstrikes cut off Iranian supplies to Houthis: defense ministry
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi-led airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen have successfully cut off air supply lines to the movement from Tehran, Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. In his daily briefing on the progress of the...Caption:
A member of the Iraqi security smokes a cigarette atop a damaged house in the southern entrance of the city of Tikrit on March 29, 2015 during a military operation to retake the northern Iraqi city from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group jihadists (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Iran says US drone kills two advisers in Iraq, US denies claim
Baghdad, AP—Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says a US drone strike has killed two of its advisers in Iraq, though the US said on Monday it has only struck militants in its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. The claim came...Caption:
Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February 2012 when he formally handed over power to his deputy. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)
Opinion: The Curse of Ali Abdullah Saleh
Following the ouster of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in 2011, I visited Yemen twice, with my last visit coming just over three months ago. During those visits I always noticed his old pictures, still hanging in Sana’a, though some had been ripped up and...Caption:
Iraq’s President Fuad Masoum speaks during an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace in Baghdad March 25, 2015. (Reuters//Ahmed Saad)