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In this Oct. 14, 2013, file photo, Israel’s President Shimon Peres, right, listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech during the opening session of the Knesset. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Peres, ex-Israeli President and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 93

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

Former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died early Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke. He was 93. Peres died in his sleep at around 3:00 am, Rafi Walden, who is also Peres’s son-in-law, told Agence France Presse....

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Yemeni pro-government forces flash victory signs as they head to Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province, to launch an offensive to recapture the city from Qaeda militants on August 14, 2016. Saleh Al Obeidi / AFP

Official: ‘Sana’a Central Bank’ Financed Fictional Imports

by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh, Aden-A Yemeni bank official uncovered that the rebel-controlled Central Bank in the capital Sana’a was financing fictional import operations that have contributed to supporting what Houthis call “war efforts.” Member of the Yemeni Central Bank Board of...

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Players from Israeli football clubs affiliated with Israel
Football Association, Ariel Municipal Soccer Club and Maccabi HaSharon
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in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. Amir Cohen / Reuters

Human Rights Watch Accuses FIFA of Supporting Israeli Settlements

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

Tel Aviv-Human Rights Watch has responded to the efforts exerted by Palestinians to draw condemnation to Israeli settlements. The organization issued a strongly-worded statement, in which it accused Israel of using occupied Palestinian lands unlawfully and to exploit...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives princes, Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, scholars, ministers and a group of citizens (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Receives Princes, Grand Mufti, Ministers and Citizens

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh-The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Tuesday princes, the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, scholars, ministers, and a group of citizens who came to greet him. The audience was attended by...

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People ride a vehicle past a crater in the rebel-held Qadi Askar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Assad Launches ‘Last Phase’ of Aleppo Massacre with Sectarian Momentum

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

Beirut-The Bashar Assad regime has launched what was likely to be the “last phase” of the massacre in Aleppo with a sectarian momentum and with the participation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the so-called Lebanese Hezbollah, and a new Iraqi Shi’ite “armored”...