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United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is welcomed as he arrives to give a press conference at the Information ministry in Kuwait City on April 26, 2016, AFP

Kuwait Deliberations: Three References Including U.N. Resolution 2216

by Arafat Madabish | May 1, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed pointed out that certain positive signs were surfacing atop the question on whether there would be a political understanding for the war-torn country. However, he still confirmed the presence of hurdles and...

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Smoke rises after airstrikes on the rebel-held al-Sakhour neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Syrian Army Bombs Aleppo, Begins “Calm” Plan Elsewhere

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 1, 2016 | Middle East

Syria’s rebel-held Aleppo was shelled Saturday with nearly 30 air strikes, as a temporary “calm” declared by Syria’s military took effect around Damascus and in the northwest. It was the ninth day of monstrous bombardments in Aleppo, which has borne...

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A demonstrator holds a picture of Moqtada al-Sadr during a demonstration in Baghdad, Reuters

Iraq on the Edge of the Abyss

by Moed Fayad | May 1, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Yesterday, Iraq officially has rested on the edge of the abyss, as the capital Baghdad witnessed a day of utter chaos after thousands of protestors barged into the Green Zone. Muqtada al-Sadr, Shi’ite leader of the Sadrist movement, was the one to call onto...