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An Algerian man reads a local newspaper, En-Nahar, bearing a picture for the first time of former Algerian intelligence chief Gen. Mohamed Mediène, better known as Gen. Toufik, on the front cover in the capital, Algiers, on September 13, 2015, after Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika replaced his powerful intelligence chief with his deputy, Gen. Athmane “Bachir” Tartag. (AFP Photo/Farouk Batiche)
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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
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...Caption:
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
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....Caption:
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
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...Caption:
Yemenis look at the damage after Iran backed rebels fired Katyusha rockets at a busy market in Yemen’s Ma’rib province, east of the capital, Sanaa, on September 11, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH HASSAN)