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Fighters loyal to Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stand in the area of the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait, in the southern Yemeni province of Taiz, on October 1, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / SALEH AL-OBEIDI)

Yemen: Government forces, Arab coalition seize strategic strait

by Arafat Madabish | Oct 2, 2015 | Middle East

Aden and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s army and Saudi-led coalition forces retook the strategic Bab El-Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea on Thursday in a major military operation against Houthi rebels and allied supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, on September 30, 2015. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Opinion: Where Are We on the UN’s 70th Anniversary?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Oct 2, 2015 | Opinion

Many were looking forward to the meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the United Nations earlier this week, as the UN celebrates its 70th anniversary. There are many topics that deserve discussion, most of which are...

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Fighters from Tajammu Al-Izza group, part of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), ride on a motorbike in Latamneh city that was hit on Wednesday by Russian airstrikes, in the northern countryside of Hama, Syria, on October 2, 2015. (REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah)

Iran troops to join Syria war, Russia bombs group trained by CIA

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut and Moscow, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria to join a major ground offensive in support of President Bashar Al-Assad’s government, Lebanese sources said on Thursday, a sign the civil war is turning still more...