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Houthis Relinquish Positions in Taiz after Siege of Sana’a

Houthis Relinquish Positions in Taiz after Siege of Sana’a

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Feb 18, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Jeddah- Yemen’s national army and Popular Resistance, on feb.17, registered a sizable withdrawal of Houthi militia and Republican Guard supporters of the ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh. The drawback was recorded in areas surrounding Taiz, which were previously converted...

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Iraq Kurds Accept PM’s Oil for Salaries Deal

Iraq Kurds Accept PM’s Oil for Salaries Deal

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 18, 2016 | Business

Baghdad, London-The Kurdistan government said it accepted the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s proposal of the Iraqi federal government paying all the salaries of the 1,400,000 employees in Kurdistan after only one day of offering it. Their salaries amount to...

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Firefighters prepare to extinguish fire after an explosion in Ankara, Turkey, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ihlas News Agency

Turkey Launches Airstrikes on PKK Camps in n.Iraq after Ankara Bombing

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

Turkey has launched overnight air strikes on Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq overnight, only hours after a suicide car bomb attack targeting military buses killed 28 soldiers and civilians and wounded dozens in the Turkish capital Ankara, security sources said...

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Houthis Impose Mandatory Recruitment in Tihama

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Feb 17, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Houthi militias side by side with their Republican Guard ally have imposed mandatory recruitment across several districts in Tihamah. They are threatening citizens, forcing them to undertake military training, logging over 72 hours, in preparation for their dispatch...

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Opinion: What Has Happened Since Hariri’s Assassination?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 17, 2016 | Opinion

Eleven years have passed since Rafik Hariri was assassinated by the Assad regime. His killers have succeeded not only in depriving Lebanon of its former prime minister and one of its most important leaders, but they have also succeeded in demolishing his project to...