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US President Barack Obama (R) holds a bilateral meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York City, on September 24, 2014. (AFP Photo)
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, greets the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah in Tehran on June 1, 2014 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
Opinion: The Gulf’s Gift to Iran
Following its nuclear deal with world powers, Iran announced it was seeking “dialogue” with its neighbors in order to “achieve a joint and reciprocal understanding regarding regional crises, and to achieve peace, security, and stability” in the Middle East. Despite...Caption:
Yemen’s President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (C) and Prime Minister and Vice President Khaled Bahah attend a meeting with UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 17, 2015. (SABA)
Yemeni government to attend UN-sponsored talks with Houthis
Aden and Dubai, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s internationally recognized government has agreed to attend UN-brokered talks with the Houthis and their allies, a government spokesperson said on Sunday, in a fresh bid to end the crisis that has engulfed Yemen for...Caption:
Militants loyal to Yemen’s government stand next to an armored vehicle at the frontline to fight against Houthi militants in control of the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, in the Yemeni governorate of Taiz, on October 3, 2015. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Dialogue is “pointless” without disarming Yemen’s Houthis: minister
Cairo and Aden, Asharq Al-Awsat—Yemen’s human rights minister has called for “disarming” the Houthi group who controls large parts of the country, a step, he said, without which any dialogue between the rebel movement and the government would be “pointless.” “No peace...Caption:
In a Wednesday, October 14, 2015 file photo, Israeli policemen run looking for a possible stabbing suspect in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)