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In this February 6, 2011 file photo, a Muslim holding the Koran (top-L) and a Coptic Christian holding a cross are carried through opposition supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters/Dylan Martinez)
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Fighters loyal to Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stand by a tank they used in fighting against Houthi fighters in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on April 11, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
Houthis on back foot in Aden: Saudi Defense Ministry
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Saudi-led coalition targeting the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen has fulfilled most of its military objectives, with coalition airstrikes along with ground resistance by Yemeni volunteer groups succeeding in forcing...Caption:
Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah after his release in Sana’a on March 16, 2015. (AFP Photo/STR)
Opinion: A Political Decisive Storm
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi took his time to appoint a vice president. Before the appointment on Sunday, legitimacy was found in just one person: the president. Yemen’s legitimacy has been under threat; with an unprecedented power vacuum, no...Caption:
Iraqi soldiers train near the town of Jurf Al-Sakhar, southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2015. (EPA/Khider Abbas)
Iraqi forces launch counter-attack against ISIS in Anbar
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi security forces launched a counter-attack on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the western province of Anbar on Monday, seeking to reverse an early setback in a new campaign to recapture the country’s Sunni heartland. Prime...Caption:
Former Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough were handed lengthy sentences for their role in a 2007 shooting in Iraq, on April 13, 2015. (AP Photo)