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An explosion is seen at an oil refinery in the Al-Buraiqa area in Aden province, Yemen, on June 27, 2015, after Houthi militias allegedly attacked the facility with Russian-made Katyusha rockets. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Mourners hold flags as the bodies of victims of Friday’s bombing are buried in the Al-Jafariya cemetery in Suleibikhat, Kuwait, on June 27, 2015. (Reuters/Jassim Mohammed)
Saudi Arabia condemns Friday terror attacks
Kuwait City and Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia has condemned the “cowardly and criminal” terror attacks which took place on Friday in Kuwait, Tunisia, and France, and called for strong international cooperation to combat terrorism around the world. Custodian of...Caption:
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)
Opinion: The Deadlock in Yemen
Since its start, not much was expected from the UN-sponsored peace conference on Yemen which was held in Geneva at the behest of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The talks focused exclusively on negotiations between the Yemeni forces fighting for power while...Caption:
(L–R) British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, react during a press event after the end of a new round of Iran nuclear talks in the Learning Center at the Swiss federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2, 2015. (EPA/Valentin Flauraud)