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al-Maliki has intervened as a mediator

Al-Maliki Mediates For Kidnapped Qataris

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 28, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Informed Iraqi sources, in a phone call, told Asharq Al-Awsat’s London bureau, that former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has intervened as a mediator to guarantee the release of the Qataris who were kidnapped two weeks ago in southern Iraq. Sources said that...

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Opinion: Russia and the Language of the Stick

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 28, 2015 | Opinion

The day after the Russian foreign minister made an impolite statement whilst sitting next to the Qatari foreign minister announcing the failure of their meeting to classify terrorist groups from amongst the Syrian opposition, warplanes which are believed to be Russian...

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Rescue teams evacuate residents from flooded neighborhoods in the city of York, northern England yesterday (AFP)

British Cities Affected by Floods and the Army Intervenes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2015 | World

British authorities yesterday announced the deployment of around 900 soldiers to help evacuate hundreds of people trapped by floods in the northern regions of England. Cities in the north of Britain experienced high rates of flooding which the Prime Minsiter David...

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Popular Resistance fighters carry a cannon to a military front in the city of Taiz located in central Yemen yesterday (Reuters)

Yemen: the Problem of Political Prisoners Will be Solved Soon

by Arafat Madabish | Dec 28, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Informed sources in Yemen yesterday confirmed that the problem of political prisoners held captive by the rebels will be solved soon, after the relative progress made by the Yemeni consultations in Switzerland earlier this month. The sources believe that the Houthis...

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Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi

Yemen, 70 Percent Under Legitimate Control

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Dec 27, 2015 | Latest News, Middle East

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said that 70 percent of Yemeni territory is under the control of the legitimate government. FM al-Mekhlafi also told Asharq Al-Awsat, “Current ground status is under the legitimacy’s dominance, given that 70 percent of...