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A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia’s maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan on April 8, 2015. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)
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Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama shake hands moments before the opening ceremony of the VII Americas Summit, in Panama City on April 10, 2015. (AFP Photo/Presidencia Panama)
Handshake sets stage for historic Obama-Castro meeting
Panama City, AP—With a cordial evening handshake, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved Friday toward a groundbreaking meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in what would be a remarkable display of reconciliation between two...Caption:
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)
Warplanes cut Houthi lines of communication: Saudi official
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The objectives of the Saudi-led Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen are being “clearly achieved,” said Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, despite Houthi rebels successfully pushing into central Aden on Wednesday. In his...Caption:
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)