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Emirati Armoured columns arrive in Saudi Arabia yesterday in preparation for the “Thunder of the North” (Asharq Al-Awsat)

A Day of Bombing Hospitals in Syria and Ground Operations Confuse Russia

by Nazeer Rida | Feb 16, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

International condemnation of bombings that targeted hospitals including facilities supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNICEF in northern Syria yesterday continued. MSF said that 7 civilians including 5 patients, a care provider and a guard were killed in...

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Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna in this file picture taken December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/Files

Saudis, Russia Agree on Oil Output Freeze

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 16, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Crude oil prices trimmed back from earlier sharp gains Tuesday morning, after energy ministers from top oil producers agreed to freeze output, but not to cut production. After talks in Qatar, global oil exporters including Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s two...