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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (R) meets Oil Minister Sherif Ismail in Cario, Egypt, on September 12, 2015. (EPA)

Egypt’s president asks oil minister to form new cabinet after government resigns

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday asked Oil Minister Sherif Ismail to form a new cabinet within one week after the government submitted its resignation, a statement from the presidency said. It was not immediately clear...

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Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (center R) meets with a number of Arab ambassadors to Riyadh, on November 12, 2014 , during an official visit to Saudi Arabia (SPA)

Saudi embassy in Baghdad to open after Eid: sources

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Iraq will open after the Muslim Eid Al-Adha holiday on September 23, according to informed diplomatic sources, and will mark the resumption of full diplomatic ties between both countries for the first time in 25 years....

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Syrian refugee children at a makeshift settlement in Qab Elias in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon, on December 8, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Opinion: The Gulf States and Syrian Refugees

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 13, 2015 | Opinion

The crisis of refugees—Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis, and others—is everyone’s responsibility amid the international community’s failure to support them. No one, including Gulf countries, has an excuse to not help refugees displaced by conflicts and crises. The Arab Gulf...