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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed. (UN Photo/Elma Ocik)

Yemen Peace Talks in Kuwait Extended for another Week

by Arafat Madabish | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo-Negotiations on a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Yemen, currently underway in Kuwait, will be extended for another week. Well-informed sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed would resume the...

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David Moyes has made his first public appearance as Manchester United manager. REUTERS/Phil

David Moyes, Sunderland Look the Right Fit for Premier League Stability

by Andy Hunter | Jul 28, 2016 | Sports

London- Sunderland might well be furious with the Football Association for poaching Sam Allardyce, fearful of upheaval close to a Premier League season and dreading another round of instability with a seventh manager in five years. But, in David Moyes and in time,...

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One of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece is escorted to the courthouse July 21, 2016. Reuters

Turkish Defectors in Greece Win Asylum Case Delay

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Athens-Greek authorities have postponed hearings for eight Turkish soldiers who sought asylum after they fled Turkey following the abortive coup attempt to better prepare themselves for the interviews, their lawyer announced on Wednesday. Attorney Vassilis Terzidis...

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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry react during a joint news conference after their meeting in Moscow, May 7, 2013. (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

Asharq al-Awsat Reveals the Kerry-Lavrov Agreement on Syria

by Michel Abu Najm | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Paris – A new agreement to break up the Syrian crisis solution into several phases was reached between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, during Kerry’s visit to Moscow earlier this month. Asharq al-Awsat newspaper received...

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Bahrain’s Isa Qassim. REUTERS

Bahrain: Issa Qassim did not Appear in First Court Session

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

Manama-Bahrain’s Criminal Court postponed on Wednesday the trial of Isa Qassim and his assistants till August 14 after the defendants failed to appear in court on charges of illegal fund-raising and money laundering. Qassim’s lawyer said his client was incapable to...