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Children walk past the rubble of damaged buildings on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in the rebel held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Syrian Military Declares 72-hour Truce across Country, but Fighting Continues

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2016 | Middle East

The Syrian military has unilaterally declared a 72-hour “regime of calm” covering the whole country from 1 a.m. on Wednesday (2200 GMT Tuesday), state media report, although fighting and air attacks have been reported since then. The military high command...

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People walk past the entrance of French oil giant Total headquarters in the financial and business district of la Defense in Courbevoie near Paris October 21, 2014. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Total Takes a Step Deeper into Middle East…Develops Qatar’s Al-Shaheen Oil Field

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 6, 2016 | Business

Cairo- Enhancing economic ties, Qatar Petroleum and France’s oil giant, Total, signed an agreement to create a new company that will develop and operate one of the world’s largest oil fields located in the Arab Gulf , Al-Shaheen offshore oil field. A Development and...

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Somalia lawmakers raise their hands during a confidence vote on Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, at the Parliament Building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 6, 2014, A.P

Somalia: The First Two-House Parliament, Six-State Federalism

by Ali Helni | Jul 6, 2016 | World

Mogadishu- A new parliament will be announced next month in Somalia consisting of an Upper House and a Lower House (House of the People). Somalia has not had a popularly-elected government since 1969. The new Federal Parliament of Somalia, encompassing six states, is...

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A defaced poster of the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is seen on the rubble of a house during a vigil marking one year since a Saudi-led air strike on a residential area in Sanaa, Yemen June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Attack on S. Yemen Army Base Kills at Least 26

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 6, 2016 | Middle East

At least six Yemeni troops and around 20 militant attackers were killed on Wednesday in an assault on a military base near the international airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden, security sources said. Troops surrounded the headquarters building where...

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A Yemeni man inspects the damage following a bomb explosion at the Badr mosque in southern Sanaa on March 20, 2015. MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Houthi Militias Kidnap Imams… Turn Mosques into Barracks, Husayniyahs

by Said Al-Abyad | Jul 6, 2016 | Middle East

Saleh, staged a broad abduction spree, kidnapping Imams of grand mosques in each of Al Hudaydah, Dhamar, Amranand Sanaa. Imams of nearby mosques were forced to flee in fear of being a victim to militia kidnap and torture. Imam is an Islamic leadership position and is...