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Smoke rises from the Faj Attan Hill area in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, on April 9, 2015, following an alleged air strike by the Saudi-led alliance on Shi’ite Houthi rebel camps. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)
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US President Barack Obama pauses while he talks about the Affordable Care Act in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on November 14, 2013. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)
Opinion: Obama is always wrong on the Middle East
In his interview with journalist Thomas Friedman this week, US President Barack Obama said that the threat to regional states, including Saudi Arabia, is not Iranian intervention, but rather “internal threats.” Can this be true? The reality is that Obama has an...Caption:
Armed men stand guard outside a local authority compound after taking it over in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on February 16, 2015. (Reuters/Yaser Hasan)
Opinion: Yemen and the Sudden Sense of Humanity
Following Russia’s sudden humanitarian concern over Yemen, we have witnessed a situation akin to a relay race over this concern. Iran picked up the baton from Russia. In the words of Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s sole concern is with the...Caption:
Rubble and heavy damage remain on a deserted street during a government escorted visit to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 9, 2015. (AP Photo)
PLO says against Syrian army drive to regain Yarmouk camp from militants
Damascus, Reuters—The PLO said on Thursday it refused to be drawn into supporting any military offensive in the war-battered Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus, backing away from earlier comments by one of its members that lent support to Syrian army action...Caption:
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on April 9, 2015 in Panama City, Panama. (AFP Photo/ Handout/US State Department)