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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)

Yemen: Government loyalists advance in Ma’rib as coalition jets pound Sana’a

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...

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Smoke rises from what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on the town of Douma, eastern Ghouta of Damascus September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Opinion: The Syrian Orphan and a Club of Cynics

by Amir Taheri | Sep 18, 2015 | Opinion

Syria these days reminds me of an orphan surrounded by real enemies and false friends, forming a club of cynics, and trying to seize control of its destiny. Consider just the following examples: • Russian President Vladimir Putin insists that whatever “transition” is...

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In this Friday, July 10, 2015 file photo, Palestinian men pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

King Salman: Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque “feeds extremism”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has denounced the recent Israeli escalation against worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine, saying that it constitutes “a flagrant violation of the sanctity of religions and feeds extremism and...

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Tunisian demonstrators holding a banner that reads: “Terrorism Spreads Under Tyranny”, during a march to protest a law offering amnesty for those accused of corruption, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday September 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)

Tunisia investigates execution of its national by ISIS in Libya

by Monji Saidani | Sep 17, 2015 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia has confirmed a video showing one of its nationals being executed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Libya. An investigation into the cause and time of the execution as well as when the victim was...

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Saudi police officers defuse an explosive belt they found inside a car used by militants in Al-Dharma district, west of Riyadh, on September 15, 2015. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia arrests terror suspects, seizes weapons in two raids

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Sep 17, 2015 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi police arrested two terror suspects and seized weapons and ammunition in two raids in and around the capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. A ministry spokesman said two Saudi brothers suspected of having...