Caption:
File photo of Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian speaking during a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2012. (Reuters/Maxim Shemetov/Files)
Caption:
Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C), Prime Minister and Vice President Khaled Bahah (R), and United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (L) meet in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on July 26, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Yemen: Ground fighting continues despite ceasefire
Riyadh and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fighting on the ground in Yemen continued on Monday despite a five-day ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthis in Yemen, according to Houthi-affiliated media outlets. The Saba news agency, which is...Caption:
Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian woman during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police after authorities limited access for Muslim worshipers to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem and attacked Palestinian worshippers at the site, on July 26, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharbali)
Dozens injured at Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli police storm compound
Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli police attacked dozens of Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, after clashes broke out when police blocked access to the site to escort a group of ultranationalist right-wing Israelis to the compound....Caption:
Fire trucks and an ambulance are seen next to a US Navy P-3 Orion Maritime patrol aircraft after it landed at the Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, on July 25, 2015. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)
Turkey, US to begin joint offensive against ISIS in Syria: sources
Beirut and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey and the United States are to begin a joint offensive that will see them coordinate airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), informed Turkish sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. The sources, who requested...Caption:
A Saudi military cargo plane is seen at the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on July 24, 2015. (Reuters/Faisal Al-Nasser)