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A girl holds a snack at a school, during the visit of Pierre Krähenbühl, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), (Background-L), at the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 12, 2015. (AP Photo)

Solution to Yarmouk crisis out of Palestinian hands: official

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2015 | Middle East

London and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A solution to the crisis at the Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, now lies in the hands of the Syrian regime and not Palestinian groups, the Palestinian envoy to Syria told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday....

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In this November 9, 2014, file photo, newly-appointed Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah speaks during a news conference in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP)

Embattled Yemen leader names new vice president

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 13, 2015 | Middle East

Sanaa, AP—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who fled the country in the face of a rebel advance last month, has tapped his former Prime Minister Khaled Bahah to be vice president in a move aimed at strengthening the embattled executive branch, an...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) addresses a joint press briefing along with Sartaj Aziz (R), foreign affairs advisor to the Pakistani prime minister, at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Farooq Naeem)

Opinion: The Iranian “Dialogue” Ruse

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 12, 2015 | Opinion

Since March 2013 talks between Yemen’s different factions have been seesawing in tempestuous fashion, and the disparate outlooks and slogans of all these groups have resulted in a deadlock. Throughout this whole period the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been...

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Smoke rises above the military academy following an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, in Sana’a, Yemen, on April 11, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Former president Saleh proposing peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen: sources

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Apr 12, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the latest sign of his growing rift with the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi movement, ousted former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is proposing a peace initiative to stop the fighting in the country, sources told Asharq...

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Pope Francis blesses during a mass on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass killings, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Reuters)

Pope calls Armenian slaughter ‘1st genocide of 20th century’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 12, 2015 | World

Vatican city, AP—Pope Francis on Sunday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it as such, a politically explosive declaration...