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A Saudi military cargo plane is seen at the international airport of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on July 22, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Yemen: First Saudi aid plane arrives in Aden

by Nasser Al-Haqbani | Jul 23, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Saudi military plane loaded with aid arrived in Yemen’s Aden on Wednesday, the first since the city’s international airport reopened following four months of fighting between government loyalists and Houthi rebels. The plane was...

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A university assistant shows fragments of an old Qur’an at the University of Birmingham, in Birmingham central England on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

British university says Qur’an parchment among oldest

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 23, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, AP—A British university disclosed Wednesday that scientific tests prove a Qur’an manuscript in its collection is one of the oldest known and may have been written close to the time of the Prophet Muhammad. The announcement by the University of Birmingham...

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Mourners attend the funeral of the victims of a suicide bomb attack which took place on July 20, 2015 in the southern Turkish town of Suruç, on July 22, 2015 at the Gazi district in Istanbul. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

Turkey: Suruç suicide bomber identified, authorities explore ISIS link

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 22, 2015 | Middle East

Suruç and Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish authorities have identified a suspected suicide bomber who on Monday killed 32 people and injured 100 in the Turkish district of Suruç near the Syrian border. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu made the announcement on Wednesday...

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Fighters loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, gesture as they drive through a street in the southern city of Aden on July 19, 2015. Backed by air support from Saudi-led warplanes and troops freshly trained in the kingdom, forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have managed to wrest back control of most of Aden. AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI

Opinion: Aden responds to Vienna

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jul 22, 2015 | Opinion

Last week’s capture of Aden by Yemeni government loyalists has provided the best response to the nuclear deal which US President Barack Obama and the West gifted to Khomeneist Iran on July 14 in Vienna. Anti-Houthi forces, known as the Popular Resistance, have wrested...

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People walk at the site of Monday’s car bomb attack in Yemen’s capital Sana’a on July 21, 2015. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

Iranian officers interrogated Yemeni gov’t loyalists in Houthi detention: source

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 22, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian officers were directly involved in the interrogation of Yemeni government loyalists previously detained by Houthi rebels in Aden, anti-rebel sources say. A pro-government fighter, who was previously arrested by the Houthis in...