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Residents inspect damage from what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Al-Ansari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria on September 18, 2015. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 19, 2015 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kremlin said on Friday Russia might send troops to Syria if President Bashar Al-Assad’s government requests help. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters: “If there is a request (from Syria), then in the framework...
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A Saudi-led coalition military vehicle drives through rocky terrain during an offensive against Houthi positions in the Ma’rib province, Yemen, on September 15, 2015. (EPA/STRINGER)
by Arafat Madabish | Sep 19, 2015 | Middle East
Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Loyalists to Yemen’s exiled President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi made strategic gains in the eastern Ma’rib province on Friday after fierce battles with the Houthi rebels, military sources said. At least 25 rebels were killed and dozens injured in...
