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Houthis Block Asharq Al-Awsat’s Website in Yemen

Houthis Block Asharq Al-Awsat’s Website in Yemen

by Asma Al-Ghabiri | Jan 27, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

According to Yemeni Minister of Information and Mass Media, Dr. Mohamed Abdul Majeed Qubaty, a group of Houthi militants managed to block the Asharq Al-Awsat’s electronic web portal, in an attempt with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to keep the citizens of Yemen...

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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz

Deputy Crown Prince Check Conditions in Military Regions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense chaired a meeting of the high-ranking military officials, who discussed the current military situation in the southern region. He also made a video call, from the...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin to Chair $22 Bln Russian Crisis Funding Meeting

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 27, 2016 | World

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to chair, on Wednesday, a government meeting over a plan that is worth 1.7 trillion rouble ($22 billion) aiming at protecting the Russian economy from major economic crises, according to a report by the RBC daily newspaper, citing...

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Opinion: Syria 2016 – A Replay of Syria 1920

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jan 26, 2016 | Opinion

The unfolding Syrian crisis is now looking more and more like a carbon copy of the Palestinian crisis. Almost all the ‘constants’ of world powers towards the near east in the aftermath of the First World War remain unchanged. We are still living the same religious,...

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Opinion: How Will History Consider the “Arab Spring”?

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 26, 2016 | Opinion

It has become a habit to associate large social movements with the seasons of the year or specific colours. What happened in the Arab region in 2011 became known as the “Arab Spring”, what has taken place in Ukraine during the last two years is known as the “Orange...