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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) leaves an elevator after his meeting with Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A handout picture made available by Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian army soldiers during an artillery operations in the Al-Zabadani area in western rural Damascus, Syria, on July 9, 2015. (EPA/SANA/HO)
Syria: Zabadani ceasefire between Hezbollah, Syrian rebels breaks down
Beirut, Reuters—A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and in two villages to the north has broken down after renewed heavy shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday. The truce between the Syrian army and the...Caption:
Yemeni men, loyal to exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, take part in a military training in the city of Aden on August 29, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)
Yemen army enlists thousands of southern fighters: presidential adviser
Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on Friday ordered the formation of a new brigade consisting of about 5,000 fighters mainly from the strategic city of Aden in a push to integrate southern loyalists into army ranks, a presidential...Caption:
Protesters chant slogans in support of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi as they carry a large national flag during a rally in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Iraqi PM orders easier access to Baghdad’s Green Zone
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi on Friday ordered security forces to ease access to Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone and main streets, in an apparent bid to improve daily life for ordinary Iraqis as the country braces for fresh protests. The...Caption:
FILE – This June 30,1996 file photo, show a general view of the destroyed Khobar Towers and crater where a truck bomb exploded at a U.S military complex killing 19 Americans and injuring hundreds in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Ahmed al-Mughassil, suspected in the bombing has been captured, a U.S. official tells The Associated Press, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Al-Mughassil was described by the FBI in 2001 as the head of the military wing of Saudi Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Saleh Rifai, File)