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Saudi-backed forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled government forces walk past a burnt-out vehicle in Yemen’s southern Abyan province on August 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Yemen: Hadi approves plan to liberate Sana’a, says adviser

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Aug 14, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has approved a plan to liberate Sana’a from Houthi rebels, a presidential adviser said, despite earlier reports that the Iran-backed militants were considering pulling out of the capital....

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A man walks past an advertisement promoting China’s yuan, US dollar and Euro exchange services at foreign exchange store in Hong Kong, China, on August 13, 2015. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)

European shares rally after China calms yuan fall

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2015 | Business

London, Reuters—European shares bounced on Thursday after a 4 percent fall this week, tracking global equities higher on efforts by China’s central bank to slow the sharp descent of the yuan that has rocked markets worldwide. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300...

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A woman burns a portrait of ousted President Mohamed Mursi while another wears a shirt with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s picture on it, at the funeral of Egyptian public prosecutor Hisham Barakat on the second anniversary of the June 30 protests, in Cairo, Egypt, June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Opinion: The Qatari Offer to Mediate between Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood

by Ali Ibrahim | Aug 13, 2015 | Opinion

In August 2013 Egypt was in a state of alert: supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood were protesting at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in Cairo and at Al-Nahda Square in Giza while the rest of the Egyptians were deeply angered by the Islamist group and its violent methods. At...

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Yemeni pro-government forces, loyal to exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, stand on a drowning tank they said belonged to Shi’ite Houthi fighters on the road to the town of Shaqra, in Abyan province on August 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Yemen’s Houthis consider withdrawing from Sana’a: source

by Arafat Madabish | Aug 13, 2015 | Middle East

Sana’a, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Houthi movement is considering withdrawing from Sana’a and handing over government facilities to state authorities, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. The Houthis’ Security Committee held a meeting in Sana’a on Monday to discuss the...

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The new Iranian warship Jamaran fires a missile, reported to be a Noor, a long-range anti-ship missile manufactured by Iran and based on the Chinese C-802, in an exercise in the southern waters of Iran, on March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/IIPA, Ebrahim Norouzi)

As Iran builds naval power, it looks to Oman as the big prize

by Amir Taheri | Aug 12, 2015 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Early last month, Rear Admiral Habiballah Sayyari, the Commander of Iranian Navy, visited Russia at the head of a top-level delegation that included the navy’s Technical Commander Rear Admiral Abbas Zamani. Ostensibly, the group had come to...