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In this August 16, 2014 file photo Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi smiles during a meeting with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters/Hadi Mizban/Pool)

PM Abadi no different from predecessor Maliki, says top Iraqi official

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jun 14, 2015 | Middle East

London and Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s government continues to sideline confessional and ethnic minorities in the country, according to a senior Iraqi official. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, the official, who heads a prominent political bloc in the...

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UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (L) meets the Group of Sixteen Ambassadors during a preparatory meeting on the eve of the Geneva Consultations on Yemen at the European headquarters of the UN, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 14, 2015. (EPA/Laurent Gillieron)

Geneva peace talks between Yemen government, Houthis could be canceled: source

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jun 14, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Disputes between the Houthi movement currently in control of large parts of Yemen and their ally, ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, are threatening to derail peace talks due to take place in Geneva on Monday between the Shi’ite movement and...

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This undated file photo shows a world map featuring the Middle East. (Jean Assel/Getty Images)

Opinion: Iraq and Syria—One Country, One War

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 14, 2015 | Opinion

About a year ago, US President Barack Obama attempted to justify Washington’s different approach on the crises in Iraq and Syria. While drones, military consultants, and arms have been sent to Iraq, only humanitarian aid—blankets, medicines, supplies—have been sent to...

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The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York, September 11, 2001. (Reuters/Sara K. Schwittek)

Saudi government did not support Al-Qaeda: CIA report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2015 | World

Washington DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s government did not provide support for Al-Qaeda nor had any involvement with the terror group prior to the 9/11 attacks, recently declassified documents by the CIA have revealed. The once-secret documents, released on...