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Five Starve, More at Risk in Madaya

Five Starve, More at Risk in Madaya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

GENEVA – Five people have starved to death in the last week in the Syrian town of Madaya, where a single biscuit sells for $15 and baby milk costs $313 per kilo, despite two emergency United Nations aid deliveries to the besieged town, a UN report said. Local...

France’s Fabius Says EU to Discuss if New Iran Sanctions Needed

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ABU DHABI – The European Union will discuss this week whether it needs to impose new sanctions on Iran following recent ballistic missile tests, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday, a day after the United States announced such measures....

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Greek President Accuses Turkish Port Officials of Helping People Smugglers

Greek President Accuses Turkish Port Officials of Helping People Smugglers

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 18, 2016 | World

BERLIN – Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said Turkey was not doing enough to reduce the number of migrants arriving in Europe and accused Turkish port officials of helping people smugglers, drawing a denial from Ankara on Monday. Turkey reached a deal with...

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Former Yemeni Ambassador: Iranian Police is Responsible for Break in Attempts on Embassies

Former Yemeni Ambassador: Iranian Police is Responsible for Break in Attempts on Embassies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Abdullah al-Siri, Former Yemeni Ambassador to Tehran, said that Iranian police department has partaken in opening up the embassy center of Yemen, after it had been evacuated due to Yemen cutting diplomatic ties with Iran last October. Moreover, it has supported the...

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Families and friends of the five Americans released by Tehran receive them in Houston, Texas, yesterday (Reuters)

America Delayed “Missile Sanctions” to Guarantee the Return of Prisoners

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 18, 2016 | World

Information that US President Barack Obama’s administration deferred the announcement of new sanctions for a month in order to ensure the return of its prisoners was disclosed yesterday. A day before the American administration was scheduled to impose sanctions, the...