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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses a news conference. AFP

Kerry Meets With State Dept. Dissenters Urging Action on Syria

by David Sanger | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

The New York Times By David Sanger Washington-The eight midlevel Foreign Service officers stepped into John Kerry’s formal outer office at the State Department on Tuesday — a room that few of them had ever entered before — to tell him that he was pursuing a path in...

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Bashar Assad during an interview with AFP in at the presidential palace in Damascus, in a photo released on Jan. 20, 2014.

After Denying News About his Appointment… Assad Designates ‘Minister of Darkness’ as New PM

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

London-Less than a week after the Syrian regime denied reports that it had appointed Engineer Imad Khamis to form the new government, Bashar Assad withdrew the denial by issuing a presidential decree on Wednesday to appoint the Acting Electricity Minister as the...

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Refugees from the Fallujah area. Moadh al-Dulaimi/AFP/Getty Images

Fallujah’s Humanitarian Disaster: ‘We are Desperate’

by Loveday Morris | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

The Washington Post By Loveday Morris Habbaniyah, Iraq – Families fleeing the battle for the Iraqi city of Fallujah have been forced to sleep in the open desert for almost a week, with aid agencies warning that people are at risk of dying as supplies of tents...

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King Salman arrives in Madinah and visits the Prophet’s Mosque. SPA

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Arrives in Madinah

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited late Wednesday the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah where he held prayers and received two gifts: a rare copy of the Holy Koran and a book from the library of the Prophet’s...

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A Houthi militant walks on a damaged vehicle in Yemen. Reuters

Yemeni Minister: Initial Estimates of $12 Billion Damage in War-torn Yemen

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jun 23, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh-The war’s damage in six Yemeni governorates has reached $12 billion, according to recent surveys. In exclusive remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Mohammed al-Maitami said the first phase of an...