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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, give a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 5, 2015. (EPA/Ahmed Yosri)
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Just freed Iranian diplomat Nour-Ahmad Nikbakht hugs his wife (C) and daughters (L-R) after arriving in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on March 5, 2015. (AFP Photo/ISNA/Amir Pourmand)
Release of Iranian diplomat sign of Tehran’s “blatant” involvement in Yemen: official
Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The rescue of an Iranian diplomat held hostage for almost two years by suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen is a “serious indication of Iran’s involvement” in the turmoil-stricken Arab state, a senior Yemeni official told Asharq Al-Awsat. The...Caption:
A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning an archaeological site in Nimrud. (AFP Photo/Karim Sahib)
ISIS militants bulldoze ancient Nimrud city
Baghdad, Reuters—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have looted and bulldozed the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, the Iraqi government said, in their latest assault on some of the world’s greatest archaeological and cultural treasures. A tribal...Caption:
Poland’s Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna (R) and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond during a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw on March 6, 2015. (Reuters/Kacper Pempell)
Britain: EU to prepare possible new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Warsaw, Reuters—Britain’s foreign minister said on Friday the European Union would prepare possible new sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine conflict that could be imposed quickly if the Minsk ceasefire agreement is broken. Both Kiev and...Caption:
Yemeni Socialist Party leader Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Sana’a, Yemen. (Asharq Al-Awsat)