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A truck crosses Jaber border crossing with Syria, in Jordan, on April 2, 2015. (EPA/Jamal Nasrallah)

Jordan’s overland trade paralyzed by Iraq, Syria border woes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2015 | Business

Jaber Crossing, Jordan, AP—Jordan’s overland trade has largely been paralyzed by recent border attacks from insurgents in neighboring Syria and Iraq—a spillover of regional turmoil threatening a close Western ally that has thus far succeeded in fending off...

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Sangita, a shop-owner, sits on top of a damaged temple as she watches rescue workers operating, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 29, 2015. (EPA/Abir Abdullah)

Tent cities thin out in Nepal capital but residents on edge

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 30, 2015 | World

Kathmandu, AP—Under a steady morning drizzle, hundreds of people lined up Thursday in Kathmandu hoping to board free government-provided buses to rural parts of the quake-hit country as food aid began to reach remote villages near the epicenter. Tens of thousands of...

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in the Atlantic Ocean. (Reuters/Aaron Chase/US Navy/Handout)

Heightened tensions in Gulf as Iran seizes ship, bypasses Yemen air blockade

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 29, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, DC and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Pentagon on Tuesday accused Iran of “provocative behavior” after the naval wing of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the...

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Composite image showing King Salman Bin Abdulaziz (C), Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Naif (R) and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi King names new heirs amid cabinet reshuffle

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has named a new Crown Prince and Deputy Crown Prince as part of a string of royal decrees issued on Tuesday, which also saw the appointment of a new foreign minister. Interior Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Naif...

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Jamal Benomar, the former UN special envoy to Yemen, speaks during a press conference in Sana’a, Yemen, on December 24, 2013. (AFP/Mohammed Huwais)

Opinion: Benomar failed to represent the UN in Yemen

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 29, 2015 | Opinion

Aside from accusations leveled against former UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar by Yemen’s politicians—who have said he lied to the UN Security Council and sought to legitimize the Houthi coup, as well as blaming him for the current catastrophic situation in Yemen—the...