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People walk in Istanbul’s Eminonu district, Turkey, on June 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Opinion: Turkey is bigger than Erdoğan

by Salman Al-dossary | Jun 15, 2015 | Opinion

It was as if everyone was sorely in need of the surprise which the Turkish people delivered on June 7, when they dealt a severe blow to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the polls. The Kurds certainly needed it, in...

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Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters gather at the eastern entrances to the town of Tel Abyad of Raqqa province, Syria, on June 14, 2015. (Reuters/Rodi Said)

Syrian Kurds seize control of main road, encircle ISIS-held town: spokesman

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut and Akçakale, Reuters—The Syrian–Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia said on Monday it had seized a major road that brought reinforcements from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) de facto capital of Raqqa, enabling YPG fighters to lay...

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a graduation ceremony for foreign students in Ankara, Turkey, on June 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Opposition attempts to “humiliate” Erdoğan “unacceptable”: official

by Thair Abbas | Jun 15, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—A high-level Turkish official has warned the country’s opposition parties that their attempts to “humiliate” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were “unacceptable” and would not lead to a coalition government. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, the...

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C), United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (L), and Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva Michael Møller (R), attend a news conference at the Geneva Consultations on Yemen peace talks between Yemen’s warring factions, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 15, 2015. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Ban Ki-moon opens Yemen peace talks in Geneva

by Younnes Suleimani | Jun 15, 2015 | Middle East

Geneva, Asharq Al-Awsat—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday opened Geneva peace talks between Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi movement currently in control of large parts of the country. The start of the talks as...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on ahead of the 25th African Union summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 14, 2015. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

South Africa court bars indicted Sudan leader from leaving

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2015 | World

Pretoria, Geneva and Johannesburg, Reuters—A South African judge barred Sudan’s indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal...