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Yemeni supporters of the southern separatist Al-Hirak movement stand on a tank in the city of Aden on April 6, 2015, after fierce clashes raged between Houthi rebels and loyalist fighters in southern Yemen, leaving nearly 100 dead in 24 hours. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)

Yemen: Coalition, volunteer forces block Houthi assault on Aden

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Apr 7, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi-led coalition forces targeting the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen, aided by volunteer forces allied to the country’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have successfully forced the withdrawal of...

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US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Global Health Security Agenda Summit, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) in Washington DC, USA, on September 26, 2014. (EPA/Michael Reynolds)

Opinion: Does Obama Understand “Sunni Arabs”?

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 7, 2015 | Opinion

What invaluable gifts US President Barack Obama has bestowed on Iran! Has the “axis of evil” collapsed to the extent that the president of the world’s most powerful country is courting one of its key members? Not only did Obama crown his two terms in office with a...

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A man stands on a staircase inside a destroyed building in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 6, 2015. (AFP Photo/Youssef Karwashan)

UN urges evacuation of Palestinian refugees in Syria camp

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2015 | Middle East

United Nations, AP—The UN Security Council called Monday for life-saving assistance and safe evacuation for up to 18,000 Palestinians facing escalating fighting in a refugee camp in the Syrian capital and what the UN official in charge described as “a completely...

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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a petrochemical plant in Zhangzhou, China, on April 7, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Blast at chemical plant in China injures at least 6

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2015 | World

Beijing, AP—Six people were hospitalized and hundreds of firefighters deployed to fight a hydrocarbon fire following an explosion at a plant in southern China that produces the toxic chemical paraxylene, officials said Tuesday. Authorities said there were no leaks...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) as they walk in the city of Geneva, on January 14, 2015 (AP Photo/Keystone,Laurent Gillieron)

Opinion: The Growing Iranian Threat to the Gulf

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 7, 2015 | Opinion

I aim to focus here on the impact of the Iran nuclear deal on two of the region’s polar opposites: Iran and Saudi Arabia. Before US President Barack Obama launched negotiations with the Iranian regime, the relationship was easy to define. Saudi Arabia was in the same...