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Smoke billows in the Yemeni capital Sana’a on August 20, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

Arab Coalition Accepts Results of JIAT Investigation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

The coalition command for restoring legitimacy in Yemen announced on Saturday that it had examined the results of The Joint Incidents Assessment Team probe into the Great Hall incident in Sana’a. “The coalition affirms that it accepts the results of the investigation,...

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Opinion: The First US – Houthi Confrontation

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 15, 2016 | Opinion

US warplanes finally struck Houthi sites and radars on the Red Sea coast after US navy ships were bombed twice. International leniency with the rebels despite the huge number of crimes that they have committed against Yemenis over two years is what has enabled this...

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Iran’s President Hassan Rohani speaks during an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

Revolutionary Guard’s Financial Corruption Playing to Iranian Rift

by Adel al-Salmi | Oct 15, 2016 | Features

London-The tale of exposed corruption carried on striking Iran’s public, as major authority figures are turning out to be beyond compromised. Early September, despite the story on oversized paychecks cashed by corrupt politicians is still headlining news in the...

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Houthis, wearing an army uniform, ride on an armed truck to patrol the international airport in Sana’a, Yemen, Saturday, March 28, 2015. Reuters

JIAT: Air Operations Center Carried out Sana’a Operation without Coalition Command Approval

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 15, 2016 | Middle East

The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) announced on Saturday that the Great Hall in Yemen’s Sana’a was “wrongly” targeted earlier this month based on “incorrect information” and without the approval of the Arab Coalition command. “A party...

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The “Family” Obama Says He Will Miss on Leaving the White House

by Amir Taheri | Oct 15, 2016 | Features

In recent weeks, the US President Barack Obama has been granting a series of valedictory interviews designed to shape the image that history would end up granting him. One recurrent theme in all these interviews is the president’s musings about his “team” which he...