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This undated file photo shows a street in the Iranian city of Mashhad, and some passing cars. (Getty Images/Rasoul Ali)

Iran says no foul play in case of Saudi tourists poisoned in Mashhad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2015 | Middle East

Dammam, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s Interior Ministry says Sunday’s poisoning of 33 Saudi tourists in the northern city of Masshad was accidental—despite previous comments by Health Minister Sayyed Hassan Hashemi indicating the contrary. The Islamic Republic News...

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, Libyan military soldiers fire their weapons during clashes with Islamic militias in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Mohammed El-Sheikhy, File)

Opinion: Libya must not be left to ISIS

by Osman Mirghani | Jun 11, 2015 | Opinion

Can anyone claim that they have been taken aback by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) recent attempts to expand within Libya, or by Arab impotence towards stopping the constant collapse of the North African country? Unfortunately, the answer to this...

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Rockets fly from a missile base which was hit by an airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, in this April 21, 2015 file picture. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Iranian advisers to accompany Houthi delegation in Geneva meetings: sources

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jun 11, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian advisers will be accompanying the delegation which the Shi’ite Houthi movement will send to Geneva to hold talks with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday. “The Iranian...

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Egyptian security officials stand guard as tourists visit the ruins of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Suicide bomber attacks tourist site in Luxor, four Egyptians wounded

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 11, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—A suicide bomber blew himself up near the ancient Egyptian Karnak Temple in the southern city of Luxor on Wednesday, security sources said, a possible sign that Islamist militants are shifting focus to try to derail Egypt’s economic recovery....