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People stand around a wounded Yemeni man at a hospital after he was injured in the shelling of a neighborhood by the Houthi rebels and their allies in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on July 19, 2015. (EPA/Stringer)

Yemen: Around 100 killed in Houthi shelling of Aden district, says NGO

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2015 | Middle East

Aden and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Around 100 people have been killed in shelling by Houthi rebels on the southern port city of Aden, according to international NGO Doctors Without Borders. The organization’s Hassan Boucenine told the Associated Press almost 100...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry drinks coffee with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal upon arrival in Jeddah, on June 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion: The West’s alliance with Saudi Arabia is not a handout

by Salman Al-dossary | Jul 20, 2015 | Opinion

Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to the United States and Germany, recently wrote an opinion piece in the London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper with the title, ‘Chaos in the Middle East means it’s time for an alliance with Iran.’ The main...

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(L–R) Slovenia Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini talk with one another during a foreign affairs meeting at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on July 20, 2015. (AFP Photo/John Thys)

Europe backs Iran nuclear deal in signal to US Congress

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2015 | World

Brussels, Reuters—The European Union approved the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on Monday, a first step towards lifting Europe’s economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the US Congress will follow. In a message mainly...

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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...