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Tribal gunmen loyal to the Shi’ite Houthi movement shout slogans and hold weapons during a gathering in Sana’’a, Yemen, on February 4, 2015. (EPA/Yahya Arhab)

Opinion: Houthis, not Shi’ites

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 4, 2015 | Opinion

Operation Decisive Storm, which is being backed by most countries across the world, is not a battle against the Shi’ites. Although this is certainly how the Houthis want to portray things, along with all other parties in their orbit, from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization...

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Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif (L), the EU’s Catherine Ashton (2-L), Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssef Bin Alawi (2-R), and US Secretary of State, John Kerry in Muscat, Oman, before the start of their meeting on the Iranian nuclear file, on November 9, 2014. (EPA/Hamid Al-Qasmi)

Opinion: Iran nuclear deal means change is coming

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 4, 2015 | Opinion

The nuclear deal is now a reality and one that should be dealt with as a fait accompli. Even before getting into the details of the nuclear deal between Iran and the United States, we should be aware that significant historical change is looming on the horizon. The...

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Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin talks to reporters during a press conference at the Yemeni embassy in Saudi Arabia on March 30, 2015 in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)

Former Yemen president Saleh has fled the country: foreign minister

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Apr 4, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s legitimate President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and his Gulf backers have received information that ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is allied to the Houthi uprising, has fled the war-torn country. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Yemen...

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, Iran, on April 3, 2015.
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Iran president views nuclear deal as start of new relationship with world

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 4, 2015 | World

Beirut and Jerusalem, Reuters—Iran’s president said on Friday that a framework for a nuclear deal was just the first step toward building a new relationship with the world, after Iranians greeted the announcement of the accord with celebrations in the streets....

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Kenya Administration policemen arrive in a truck at Garissa University College in Garissa on April 4, 2015.
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Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities “red with blood”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 4, 2015 | World

Garissa, Kenya, Reuters—Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities “red with blood” after the group’s fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university. In the worst bloodshed in...