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A woman buys dates at the market in the town of Bol on the outskirts of Lake Chad. UN Photo: OCHA/Pierre Peron

Lake Chad Basin is World’s Most Neglected Humanitarian Crisis – U.N. Aid Chief

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | World

West Africa’s Lake Chad region is probably the most neglected humanitarian crisis in the world, where poverty and desertification have severely increased by violence caused by Boko Haram, the U.N. aid chief said on Tuesday at the World Humanitarian Summit. The...

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Ramallah Asks Washington to Intervene so That Agreements With Israel Are Re-evaluated

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

Palestinians asked the United States to intervene so that the Paris economic agreement can be re-evaluated at the first high level joint meeting in Ramallah in which economic dialogue between the two parties was re-established after it was stopped a decade ago. The...

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A French CGT labour union employee at French oil giant Total prepares to throw a tyre onto a burning barricade to block the entrance of the deposit of the society SFDM near the oil refinery of Donges

Total Says Strikes Could Jeopardize its Investments in France

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Business

French oil and gas company Total stated that it might reconsider further investments in its French plants, as a result of strikes that have forced the shutdown of two of its refineries, with two more in the process of shutting down. Noting that the temporary shutdowns...

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President Erdogan (R) shajes hands with Binali Yildirim during a meeting in Ankara. AFP/Getty Images

Turkey’s Erdogan Approves New Government Formed by Longtime Ally

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday approved a new government formed by one of his most trusted allies, who vowed immediately to start work immediately on forging the stronger presidency wanted by Erdogan. Binali Yildirim, 60, was elected as leader of...

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ISIS militant waving a flag, cheers as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

The End of ‘Caliphate’s Capital’

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 24, 2016 | Opinion

War is not new to Raqqa. The city was previously destroyed and occupied by Mongols who had settled there until they were expelled by force. Today, Raqqa is about to finally be liberated from ISIS, which have carried out unimaginable heinousness against its people;...