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A technician prepares a Royal Saudi Air Force warplane before it takes part in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, on April 5, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Houthis setting up command centers in civilian areas: Saudi Defense Ministry

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Apr 6, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Militias belonging to the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement are deliberately setting up military command centers in civilian areas, Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at the Riyadh Airbase, Defense Ministry...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on February 25, 2015.
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Opinion: Moscow is seeking a foothold in the Arabian Peninsula

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 6, 2015 | Opinion

So Russia is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Yemen! Do not ask how and why this has suddenly happened. Russia seems to have a twinge of guilt perhaps and wants to atone for its previous mistakes against the Syrian people, hundreds of thousands of whom it...

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In this photo taken Saturday, April 4, 2015, Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers arrive at a hospital to escort the bodies of Al-Shabaab militants who attacked the Garissa University College campus on April 2, 2015 to be put on public view, in Garissa, Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Kenya says destroys two Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 6, 2015 | World

Nairobi, Reuters—The Kenyan air force has destroyed two Al-Shabaab camps in Somalia, it said on Monday, in the first major military response since the extremist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week. Al-Shabaab denied the camps were hit, saying the...