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Visitors at the Bardo museum are evacuated in Tunis, on March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Opinion: Even Tunisia is safe no more

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Mar 23, 2015 | Opinion

Few would argue that Tunisia escaped the repercussions of its so-called Arab Spring with the least damage. The recent attack on its Bardo National Museum, however, reminds us that states like Tunisia nonetheless remain hostage to their geographic locations and...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi attends a meeting with local officials in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 4, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Yemen’s Hadi calls for no-fly zone, GCC military intervention

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Mar 23, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally-recognized government on Sunday called on the UN and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to impose a no-fly zone over parts of the country after the third largest city of Taiz fell to Houthi rebels. Tensions in...

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In this Sunday Feb. 9, 2014, file photo, provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers, top background, look on as two women walk towards a bus to evacuate the battleground city of Homs. (AP)

Islamic State moves west to attack Syrian army in Homs: monitor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 23, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—Islamic State fighters attacked a military airport in Syria’s Homs province on Monday as they pushed on with an offensive against government strongholds towards the west, a monitoring group said. Skirmishes by Islamic State—which is strongest in...

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Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (2nd-L) arrives to offer condolences after the death of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh, on January 24, 2015. (Reuters/Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters)

Swedish King moves to contain diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia

by Farouq Saloum | Mar 22, 2015 | Middle East

Stockholm, Asharq Al-Awsat—Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf will meet with Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Monday in a bid to contain an ongoing diplomatic spat between Sweden and Saudi Arabia. A statement from the Swedish Royal Court on Saturday said the King would...

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Anti-Houthi protesters demonstrate in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz on March 22, 2015, after Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi took over the city. (Reuters/Anees Mahyoub)

Yemen plunges into “state of war” as Houthis seize country’s third city

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 22, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighters from the Shi’ite Houthi movement seized Yemen’s third-largest city Taiz late on Saturday as the political crisis currently gripping the country threatened to boil over into a full-scale internal conflict. Local...