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Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy Muslim city of Mecca late on September 26, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
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A ship carrying aid from Saudi Arabia arrives in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, on September 28, 2015. Saudi Arabia has already pledged over half a billion US dollars in aid to help Yemenis caught up in the country’s conflict. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)
Saudi-led coalition, Yemeni army recapture strategic Ma’rib Dam
Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemeni army forces backed by airstrikes from the Saudi-led coalition targeting the Houthi movement in Yemen on Monday wrested control of a strategic dam in the central Ma’rib province, which has for months been under the control of Houthi...Caption:
A handout picture released by the official website of the Center for Preserving and Publishing the Works of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him delivering a speech in Tehran on September 27, 2015, during which he demanded Saudi Arabia apologize for a stampede that killed nearly 770 pilgrims at the Hajj, at least 144 of them Iranians. (AFP Photo/HO/Khamenei.ir)
Iranian officials slam Tehran’s “political point-scoring” over Hajj tragedy
Ahvaz, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several Iranian officials have criticized Tehran’s response to last week’s Hajj stampede that killed 769 pilgrims, with some claiming Iran is attempting to score “political points” by blaming Saudi authorities for the tragedy. Iran’s Supreme...Caption:
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who returned recently to his country after a nearly six-month exile, looks on during a meeting in the southern city of Aden on September 27, 2015. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Farwan)
Yemen’s president to address UN General Assembly on Tuesday
New York, Aden and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, according to Yemeni government sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on Sunday that Hadi will speak regarding the crisis in Yemen...Caption:
A general views shows Egyptians visiting Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo’s Islamic quarter during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 22, 2015. Al-Azhar mosque, which was developed into one of the oldest Islamic universities, pays special attention to the Koranic sciences and traditions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and all the modern fields […]