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Yemen’s Minister of Transport Badr Mubarak Ba-Salma (C) arrives on an Emirati ship anchored at a seaport in Aden, Yemen, on July 17, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Yemen cabinet members arrive in Aden

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Jul 19, 2015 | Middle East

Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Members of Yemen’s government met with local officials from Aden on Saturday, the first such meeting in the city since government loyalists captured it from Houthi rebels last week. A provincial official from Aden told Asharq Al-Awsat the cabinet...

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Interior Ministry spokesmen Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki (L) and Bassem Attia brief reporters during a press conference at the Ministry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on July 18, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Saudi Arabia foils ISIS terror plots, arrests 431 suspects: officials

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 19, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi security forces on Saturday arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and carrying out a number of attacks in the Kingdom as well as plotting future operations, officials said. Those arrested...

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In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during the opening of new cemetery for colleagues who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Opinion: Thwarting Iran’s Regional Influence

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 19, 2015 | Opinion

Why would we in the Gulf stand against Iran’s nuclear deal? We support any agreement ending all forms of confrontation with Iran and the sanctions imposed on it. The problem lies in the details. If it was a good deal, Iranians and Arabs would be happy neighbors. But...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon during morning prayers for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in central Tehran, on July 18, 2015. (Reuters/leader.ir /Handout)

Nuclear deal will not change Iran’s relations with US: Supreme Leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 19, 2015 | Middle East

Dubai and Beirut, Reuters—Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the nuclear deal with world powers did not signal any wider shift in Iran’s relationship with Washington or its policies in the Middle East. The agreement struck this week...