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In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Haider Al-Abadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Opinion: Is Abadi Staging a Coup in Iraq?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 10, 2015 | Opinion

After weeks of protests in Iraq calling for an end to corruption, better government services, and wide-ranging reforms, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has proposed canceling the country’s multiple vice president and deputy prime minister posts, as part of a...

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Southern Popular Resistance fighters gather on a road leading to Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, on August 8, 2015. (Reuters/Stringer)

Yemen: Houthis declare state of emergency in Sana’a as government loyalists close in on capital

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Aug 10, 2015 | Middle East

Al-Hudaydah, Aden and Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Houthi leadership in Sana’a on Sunday declared a state of emergency in the capital, as forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi closed in to around 80 miles (125 kilometers)...

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Police forensic experts examine the scene after an attack on a police station in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 10, 2015. (Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir)

US consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2015 | Middle East

Istanbul and Diyarbakır, Reuters—Two women shot at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),...

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A copy of the London-based Sunday Times newspaper rests under a computer keyboard and mouse, on August 7, 2009, in London, United Kingdom. (Getty Images/Peter Macdiarmid)

Dipesh Gadher on Extremism in Britain, ISIS, and the Future of Journalism in the Digital Age

by Mohammed Al-Shafey | Aug 10, 2015 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Dipesh Gadher joined the Sunday Times as a graduate trainee in September 1998 and has since held several roles in the news department, including transport correspondent, media correspondent, and deputy news editor. He now works as the...