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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 Opposition Launches Full-Scale Offensive to Liberate Aleppo

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Syrian Opposition forces line up in preparation to launch the attack which would free supply routes to Aleppo clogged by regime forces to salvage besieged civilians inside. Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Sunday had tightened its grip around opposition-held eastern...

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Yemeni government takes measures after Houthi-caused national recession, E.P.A.

Government Ends Insurgency Domination over Yemen’s Central Bank, State Trade Account Set Up in Aden

by Bader alQahtani and Mohammad Ali Mohsen | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

London, Aden- Yemen’s Houthi-led insurgency strangling the war-torn country’s economy, forced counteractive measures to be taken by the legitimate government. A basket of procedures concerning fiscal transactions which inhibit the insurgency’s ability to compromise...

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Algeria’s Prime Minister Abdul-Malik Sellal holds a news conference in Algiers January 21, 2013.

Algeria and Morocco to Boost Joint Security Cooperation

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

Algiers, Rabat-Algeria announced on Sunday an agreement reached with Morocco to promote security cooperation in facing terrorism and exchanging information on extremists and activists in fundamentalist groups, in particular ISIS. Moroccan Delegate to the Minister of...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani (Reuters)

Shouts against Oppression, Starvation Confuse Rouhani’s Visit to Kurdistan

by Dalshad Abdullah, Asharq Al Awsat | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil, London-During his visit to Kermanshah, the largest city in Iranian Kurdistan, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was received yesterday with an angry welcome from residents, according to sources from the province. A Kurdish activist from Kermanshah told Asharq...

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U.N. Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks to the media after the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland in Bern December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Houthis Defy International Will, Ould Cheikh Ahmed Adheres to UNSCR 2216 at Kuwait Talks

by Arafat Madabish and Abdul Hadi Habtor | Jul 18, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo, Riyadh-Yemen’s government and Houthi insurgents resumed peace talks in Kuwait on Sunday, following new conditions and pledges put forward by U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who withdrew an earlier proposal to form a unity government...