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A Rohingya migrant child, who arrived in Indonesia by boat, carries belongings while walking to a bigger shelter inside a temporary compound for refugees in Kuala Cangkoi village in Lhoksukon, Indonesia’s Aceh Province, on May 18, 2015. (Reuters/Beawiharta)
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Members of Libyan pro-government forces, backed by the locals, walk with weapons during clashes in the streets with Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels who have joined forces with Islamist extremist groups, in Benghazi, Libya, on April 1, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)
One year on from Haftar’s Operation Dignity, Benghazi is sliding into anarchy
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—One year after Gen. Khalifa Haftar announced an operation to liberate Benghazi from the clutches of extremist groups, the city remains in chaos, with Haftar’s Libyan National Army failing to make inroads into the city which sparked the country’s...Caption:
Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L) attends the opening of a conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 17, 2015. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
Hadi calls for return of Gulf initiative as Riyadh conference on Yemen begins
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Legitimate Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi opened a conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, urging for a return to the Gulf-backed initiative on the country’s post-Arab Spring future. Hadi told those gathered at...Caption:
In this file April 2011 photo, Mohamed Mursi (R) speaks, alongside other members of the Muslim Brotherhood group’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Opinion: Should Egypt execute Mursi and the Brotherhood elite?
Both sides in Egypt chose to escalate the conflict. Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled and settled abroad made a conscious decision to defy the regime, justifying the killings in Sinai and threatening the current Egyptian regime. As for the prosecutor, he chose to...Caption:
President Pierre Nkurunziza makes a brief statement at the presidential palace in Bujumbura, Burundi, Sunday May 17, 2015. (AP)