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Smoke billows following airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on a weapons depot at a military airport, currently controlled by Yemeni Shi’ite Houthi rebels, on July 7, 2015 in the capital Sana’a. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Yemen: Hadi tells UN ready for “conditional” ceasefire

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 9, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Hudaydah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled government told the UN on Wednesday it would accept a temporary ceasefire to end more than three months of fighting if the Houthi rebels accepted certain conditions, including the release of prisoners and...

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US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L) meet at a hotel in Vienna, during negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, on July 9, 2015. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Iran nuclear deal close; impasse over weapons, missiles persists

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 9, 2015 | Middle East

Vienna and London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran and six world powers were close to an historic nuclear agreement on Thursday that could resolve a more than 12-year dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but they remained deadlocked on the issue of Iranian arms...

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Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi walks during a visit to the Saudi Ministry of Defense in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on July 6, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)

Hadi to present 10-day Yemen ceasefire proposal to UN: source

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will on Thursday table a 10-day ceasefire proposal to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to end the fighting currently gripping the country, a diplomatic source said....

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, listens to a lawmaker as newly elected legislators take their oaths during the Turkish parliament’s first session in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) came out first in the June 7 elections but lost its parliamentary majority. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Opinion: Erdoğan and Egypt

by Ali Ibrahim | Jul 8, 2015 | Opinion

Relations between Egypt and Turkey have never been easy since the Ottoman army entered Cairo and hung up the body of the Mamluk Sultan Tuman bay II at the city gate for three days in the wake of fierce battles that killed around 50,000 people and turned Egypt into an...

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European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini talks to media in front of the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iran says makes new proposal in nuclear talks, West unimpressed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2015 | Middle East

Vienna, Reuters—Iran has offered “constructive solutions” to resolve disputes in nuclear talks with six major powers, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported on Wednesday, but Western officials suggested they had heard nothing new from Tehran....