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A fighter loyal to Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stands on a tank in Yemen’s second city of Aden, on July 30, 2015. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Yemen: Iranian fighters caught among Houthi militias, says Aden governor

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 30, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The governor of Yemen’s southern Aden province revealed on Wednesday that Iranian fighters have been caught among the Houthi militias currently in control of large parts of Yemen. Naif Al-Bakri told Asharq Al-Awsat forces loyal to...

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This screengrab from German television channel NDR shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) speaking to Reem Sahwil, a Palestinian refugee in Germany, during the Gut Leben in Deutschland (Living Well in Germany) forum, in Rostock, Germany, on July 15, 2015. (Screengrab via NDR/YouTube)

Opinion: The Palestinian Girl Who Moved Merkel

by Diana Moukalled | Jul 30, 2015 | Opinion

Reem Sahwil, the young Palestinian girl who was reduced to tears in front of Angela Merkel, told the German chancellor she didn’t know what her own future held so long as her stay in Europe remained uncertain. In a televised forum, Sahwil spoke of how she would...

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In this undated image released by the FBI, Mullah Mohammed Omar is seen in a wanted poster. (FBI via AP, File)

Taliban say Mullah Omar dead, appoint successor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 30, 2015 | Middle East

Peshawar and Kabul, Reuters—The Afghan Taliban have appointed Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as leader of the insurgency, two Afghan commanders present at a meeting of the militant movement’s most senior figures said on Thursday, following reports that Mullah Mohammed...

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A Bahraini forensic police officer inspects the site of a bomb blast in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, on July 28, 2015. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Manama authorities arrest several people in connection with terror attack

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jul 29, 2015 | Middle East

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—Bahraini authorities arrested several people on Wednesday, in connection with a terrorist attack which took place on Tuesday and was the deadliest bombing in the country since March 2014, the Bahrain News Agency reported. The attack took place...

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A man covers his nose as he walks past a pile of garbage along a street in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 22, 2015. (Reuters/Jamal Saidi)

Opinion: Lebanon’s Ills Summed Up by Garbage

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 29, 2015 | Opinion

I remember from my youth the popular Lebanese saying, “Everything in Lebanon is ‘zift’ [asphalt] except the roads!” Metaphorically, asphalt, or rather, “zift,” came to mean any bleak and slimy bad situation. However, the Lebanese now recall those “zift” days with...