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Syrian children lie on the ground while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing, in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey, near the Syrian town of Azaz, Aug. 26, 2012. AP

More than 300,000 People Killed in Syria since the Beginning of War

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – Hundreds of thousands were killed during 66 months of the Syrian revolution, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a statement on Tuesday. SOHR was able to document 301,781 human losses since the fall of the first casualty in Daraa on...

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Muslim pilgrims circle counterclockwise Islam’s holiest shrine, the Kaaba, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, late on September 20, 2015. The annual hajj pilgrimage begins on September 22, and more than a million faithful have already flocked to Saudi Arabia in preparation for what will for many be the highlight of their spiritual lives. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH

Governor of Makkah: We will not Allow Politicization of Hajj

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Mina – Governor of Makkah Region Prince Khalid al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Chairman of Hajj Central Committee, stressed that Saudi Arabia would not allow using Hajj for any political slogans. Faisal said that there have been calls...

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Yemeni girls sit on the back of a camel-drawn cart as people gather in the street during celebrations for Eid al-Fitr in Aden’s northern Dar Saad district on July 6, 2016.PHOTO: AFP

Lack of Liquidity Aggravates Yemenis’ Struggles

by Mohamed Ali Mohsen | Sep 14, 2016 | Middle East

Aden – Yemenis in the southern and eastern districts of the country are suffering of liquidity crisis which adds more problems to their already troubled life. Because of the economic situation, many Yemenis were not able to celebrate Eid al-Adha on Monday or buy new...

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Slovenian Football Association president Aleksander Ceferin who was elected as UEFA leader (AFP Photo/Jure Makovec)

UEFA Elects Slovenia’s Ceferin as New Leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 14, 2016 | Sports

UEFA overwhelmingly elected Aleksander Ceferin to succeed Michel Platini as president on Wednesday, replacing one of the greats of soccer with a Slovenian lawyer, who is little known outside his country, to lead the European game. The 48-year-old Ceferin will complete...

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Matthias Mueller, chief executive of Volkswagen, is displayed on a camera’s viewfinder during a news conference.
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VW Engineer Pleads Guilty in U.S. Criminal Case Over Diesel Emissions

by Hiroko Tabuchi and Jack Ewing | Sep 14, 2016 | Business

A Volkswagen engineer pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to defraud regulators and car owners, in the first criminal charges stemming from the American investigation into the German carmaker’s emissions deception. The plea by the engineer, James Robert Liang, a...