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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

Iraq’s PM Abadi facing “mutiny” from within Shi’ite camp: source

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing a “mutiny” from within Shi’ite circles in the country over his recent crackdown on government corruption, an informed source said on Saturday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone, the...

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Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York, on September 26, 2015. (Reuters/Darren Ornitz)

Yemen FM slams UN Security Council response to country’s crisis

by Heba El Koudsy | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin on Saturday criticized the UN Security Council for its response to the crisis that has plunged the country into turmoil for over a year. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone from New York—where he...

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York, on September 26, 2015. (Reuters/Stephanie Keith)

Kerry says sees opportunity for progress on Syria as he meets Zarif

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

New York, Washington and Beirut, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry said he saw an opportunity for progress this week towards ending Syria’s four-year conflict, as he met Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines...